Opinion on Colin Kaepernick's Political Stand... Or... Sit?

Hey Bloggy Buddies! Today we learned and talked about Colin Kaepernick's controversial actions. Here are my views on the topic. (Sorry for the insane amount of parenthesis!) (And yes, I realize I just used parenthesis, and that I'm using them again now.) Enjoy! <3
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I don't really know how to write an introduction that easily transitions into my opinion on this topic, so I guess I'll just get right into it. I support Kaepernicks's motives. I do not support his actions. I do believe that we need to do something about police brutality and unfair treatment to blacks in specifc, but I don't believe it should be done in the way it's being executed now. Yes, we have freedom of speech. Kaepernick is exercising his right, (or should I say attempting to), but is really only making himself look like a disrespectful, unintelligent individual, who needs to get his head on straight. There is, (in my opinion) an appropriate time and place to do something as controversial as this, (Social Media, PEACEFUL Protest, Petitioning, Campaigning PEACEFULLY...), and that a football game is not one of them. Any sport for that matter. Not only do I not support the location, I do not support the time. The National Anthem is about those who fought in the War of 1812, and died to give us the country we have today. This entire song is so broad in it's range of topics that it acknowledges, that I think it's completely absurd to use it to protest against unfair rights and unfair treatment towards African American people. Why sit during a time of reverence and respect for those who fought for us and shaped our country into the one it is today if you have no problem with them? Those people are long gone. There was slavery in their time, but that's in the past. Kaepernick could also argue that he wanted to kneel/sit during the anthem because though it was written so long ago, it is still relevant today. (Which I do agree with.) Yes, it is relevant today. However, it's still relevant in the same way it was all the way back when Francis Scott Key wrote it; for those who sacrificed themselves to give us our rights and freedoms that we have in this day and age. It could be interpreted in many ways by others, but I believe it's for the people who died for us. The fallen. The military has done absolutely nothing to disrespect, disregard or downgrade Black American citizens. They simply gave us our rights. One specific right, for example, as I stated earlier, is Freedom of Speech. So, to take the right (Freedom of Speech) that we earned from them and use it to disrespect the very same people whom we received it from, is incredibly twisted. I think all of the National Anthem protesters; whether gay, straight, white, black, male, female, whatever; should think before they disrespect those who deserve just the opposite. 
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It was so awesome to hear everyone's different points of view. Hopefully we can do this again soon in class! Hope you liked this! See you next time!
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Your Pal,
Bren

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