Americans everywhere are continuing to lose their minds over a new Nike ad featuring former professional football player and current social activist Colin Kaepernick.
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Since taking a knee during The National Anthem before NFL games in protest of police brutality toward black men, Kaepernick has been heavily maligned and blackballed from the sport he loves (and is so very good at). The fact that Kaepernick’s decision to take a knee has never been in protest of patriotism or the flag itself has still not registered in the minds of ignorant Americans who continue calling his actions anti-military and unpatriotic. Well, enter Nike with an emotional ad that features the football star encouraging Americans to “believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything.”
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BREAKING: Nike had been paying Colin Kaepernick all along, waiting for the right moment. That moment is now, as he becomes the face of the company’s 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” campaign. pic.twitter.com/uccpDStbq5 — Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 3, 2018
In keeping with the Trump-brand of modern divisiveness and in complete dismissal of the right to freedom of speech, Americans everywhere have begun berating Nike for daring to feature Colin Kaepernick in anything and to ignore the lead of others who have blackballed him from everything. These folks have even gone so far as to create YouTube videos of them literally burning their expensive Nike gear in what they believe to be a protest of the popular sportswear company.
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Unfortunately, what these likely Trump-loving geniuses haven’t yet figured out is that you can’t actually protest a company by destroying merchandise you’ve already purchased. Burning items you already own is only hurting yourself and not Nike since they’ve already collected your cash.
Still, common sense hasn’t corked the hatred toward Nike and toward a man who loves his country but simply wants to bring attention to the killing of black men at the hands of police.
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.@Nike Due to your support of C.K. in your coming adds, I as an American can no longer support your company. #boycottNike #IStandForOurFlag pic.twitter.com/5JxSMD8SSO
— AlterAtYeshiva (@alteratyeshiva) September 4, 2018
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Our Soundman just cut the Nike swoosh off his socks. Former marine. Get ready @Nike multiply that by the millions. pic.twitter.com/h8kj6RXe7j
— John Rich (@johnrich) September 3, 2018
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First the @NFL forces me to choose between my favorite sport and my country. I chose country. Then @Nike forces me to choose between my favorite shoes and my country. Since when did the American Flag and the National Anthem become offensive? pic.twitter.com/4CVQdTHUH4
— Sean Clancy (@sclancy79) September 3, 2018
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These pictures of people cutting the Nike logo off clothes THEY ALREADY PAID for is really hilarious pic.twitter.com/u6Ggxpwosb
— Dominiqué (@domuhhneek) September 3, 2018
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DJ, I’ll defer to you and your other readers on this (the level of outrage that’s happening) because honestly, other than listening to Stephen A. Smith’s take on it, I haven’t paid very much attention to it since the news broke a few days ago.
I will say this – from what little I’ve seen and heard thus far, the outrage doesn’t appear to be much of anything. But I could be wrong(?)