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So exactly how did this all started. Kap was sitting on the bench during the national anthem which is something not shone on TV for fans not going to the game. Some reporter noticed he was sitting on the bench (because there was no rule you had to stand for the Anthem in US football). The reporter asked Kap why he was sitting and he stated, he cannot stand for the Anthem when so many of his people are being killed by police brutality.

So my question is was it his right to sit during the Anthem like so many Americans do when they are at the game. When it all comes down to it, was Kap doing anything any other American with their rights and freedom. Now of course the first thing that happens when you protest about something is to change what is being protested and make it about something else. Now it's the flag, he is protesting, or our people in the military service or our country etc but not about what he stated.

People had the GOD given ability to actually do what they mostly do and ignore it because the majority would never see it anyway. I wonder what the discourse would be if instead of Kap sitting on the bench it was Tom Brady and he made those statements. It would be interesting to see if there would be a different tone.