Kaepernick has stayed in the news for two solid years now. What an amazing protest it’s been, as it persists to be in the news even while he’s no longer in the NFL. I’m ashamed and horrified at the Christian and conservative reaction to the issue. It has revealed so much idolatry of America. Here are a few corrections to the falsehoods conservatives use to argue against Kaepernick.
- Black-on-black crime isn’t the issue.
- The likelihood (or unlikelihood) of being killed by a cop isn’t the issue.
- The issue is the likelihood of a cop murdering someone and going unpunished. It is very likely that a murderous cop will go unpunished.
- Even one instance of a murderer going unpunished is a problem, but it is a common occurrence.
Before you brush Kaepernick off dismissively, you must explain whether it’s acceptable for cops to murder people and get away with it. If it’s not acceptable why aren’t you outraged about it?
The cops who murdered the following individuals (as a matter of a very small sample of the thousands of murders police have committed against people of all colors in the last few years) got off scot-free.
Those are black victims, but there are white victims cops have murdered and have gone unpunished such as Daniel Shaver and Andrew Finch. For some reason most white people don’t give a crap, but I, for one, am outraged about the murder of Philando Castile, Tamir Rice, and so many others, regardless of their color.
Anyone who is more outraged at Kaepernick than they are about actual murders being committed by police and the murderers going unpunished reveals a gross level of idolatry of America.
