Over the weekend, noted conservative Rod Dreher issued a nasty diatribe against NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. In a short article in the American Conservative, Dreher accused Kaepernick of “hating America” and cited a recent tweet that Kaepernick sent out. Kaepernick is the black NFL quarterback who, a couple of years ago, incurred the ire of conservatives when he took a knee during the singing of the national anthem before a game to protest police brutality of blacks.
The tweet that set Dreher off stated the following:
Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by America for centuries, & and are expected to join your commemoration of “independence”, while you enslaved our ancestors. We reject your celebration of white supremacy & look forward to liberation for all.
Dreher’s response was interesting. He stated, “Well, okay then, you multimillionaire ingrate. For all its faults, this country has made you richer and freer than anywhere else on earth.”
Was that meant as a denial of Kaepernick’s point? Or was it meant to say that since Dreher has become a millionaire, he lacks standing to make the point?.......read more..........
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