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<blockquote data-quote="spartansstink" data-source="post: 130462409" data-attributes="member: 1488840">Kaepernick has a right to be offended by anything he chooses - even if the facts don't back him up. To some people, it isn't what's real, it's what's perceived.Kaepernick has a right to protest over that perceived offense. Others do as well. However, today's generation doesn't understand that consequences come with that protest. That may include the loss of your job. But, in this generation, whereby if you threw a fit, your parents gave into you. You ruled the roost. When other adults, such as your teachers, tried to teach you otherwise your parents threw a greater fit - how dare someone not recognize your greatness. When the real world hits you in the face, you're ill prepared to deal with it.Enter Kaepernick. Nike's slogan says in essence sometimes you have to sacrifice everything. Sorry, Colin, but you haven't sacrificed anything. Where's your Letter from a Birmingham Jail? Where have you spilled your blood like in Selma? You've been to the mountaintop but couldn't see the grandeur. Instead you saw only the valley.Nike won't feel the pinch now. Things like this don't happen overnight. Stock prices aren't going to drop like a hammer but they'll drop nonetheless, like your ability&nbsp; to quarterback a NFL team, it'll be a slow gradual decline into the abyss.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spartansstink, post: 130462409, member: 1488840"] Kaepernick has a right to be offended by anything he chooses - even if the facts don't back him up. To some people, it isn't what's real, it's what's perceived. Kaepernick has a right to protest over that perceived offense. Others do as well. However, today's generation doesn't understand that consequences come with that protest. That may include the loss of your job. But, in this generation, whereby if you threw a fit, your parents gave into you. You ruled the roost. When other adults, such as your teachers, tried to teach you otherwise your parents threw a greater fit - how dare someone not recognize your greatness. When the real world hits you in the face, you're ill prepared to deal with it. Enter Kaepernick. Nike's slogan says in essence sometimes you have to sacrifice everything. Sorry, Colin, but you haven't sacrificed anything. Where's your Letter from a Birmingham Jail? Where have you spilled your blood like in Selma? You've been to the mountaintop but couldn't see the grandeur. Instead you saw only the valley. Nike won't feel the pinch now. Things like this don't happen overnight. Stock prices aren't going to drop like a hammer but they'll drop nonetheless, like your ability to quarterback a NFL team, it'll be a slow gradual decline into the abyss. [/QUOTE]

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