I am starting to have kinder feelings toward Colin Kaepernick, the NFL player who took a stand against police bias towards hyphenated Americans, by taking a knee during the national anthem. That would be like . . . I struggle for an analogy because the action has absolutely nothing to do with the cause. I guess it would be like the French overturning and burning cars to protest . . . everything. But for all Colin's misdirected principles, at the end of the anthem, he stood up and played football. In contrast to that, we have a group of anti-Trumpers who have taken a knee for, by football reckoning, three quarters of the game. Not only that, but we are forced to buy the tickets that pay them, whether we want to attend their investigation/impeachment games or not. I am pretty sure even Democrats would like them to spend a little time doing the job for which they were actually elected or appointed.
Kaepernick was disappointed to discover that disrespecting the country that gave him his opportunity and the patriots that paid his salary, resulted in losing his job. The fact that this surprised him, indicates that standing on his knee was more of an opinion than a conviction. Those with convictions know there will be consequences. Unfortunately, the political world doesn't run by the rules of a regular workplace. Those making a career of protesting Trump have job security that negates the need to prove their point, tell the truth, or do their actual work. And those kind of condoned capers can bring our nation to its knees.
yes!!!
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