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Colin Kaepernick doesn't vote, loses credibility

As readers know, I've been a defender of Colin Kaepernick's sideline National Anthem protests, for whether or not I agree with the message of a protester, so long as he or she is doing so peacefully, I believe in their right to protest. Having said that, though, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback lost a lot of credibility with me over the past week. While continuing to protest police brutality at the expense of blacks and the inequalities facing minority communities, Kaepernick didn't vote this past Tuesday. The 49ers QB may not have liked a few of the things Hillary Clinton said in the past, yet she was willing to meet with Black Lives Matter activists, talked about this country needing police and prison reform, and acknowledged the issues which Kaepernick were protesting were indeed legitimate. On the other side of the aisle was Donald Trump, a man who often referred to African-Americans as "the blacks;" pointed toward such an individual at a rally by saying, "Look at my African-American over here;" typically dismissed Black Lives Matter activists' complaints; and seemed to always side with police officers in cases of brutality. So, while Colin Kaepernick, like a lot of Americans, may not have been overly thrilled with the prospect of voting for Hillary Clinton, she was a far greater option, when it comes to addressing the issues he's protested, than Donald Trump. The quarterback can continue to protest all he'd like, but whenever he does from this point forward, it'll ring a bit more hollow than before to me.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/11/colin-kaepernick-didn-t-vote-don-t-complain.html

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