Any Kaepernick Collectors?

[G1X]

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Seems like we exhausted everything that needed to be discussed about Kaepernick collectors. Perhaps it's time we close this thread as it's not adding much to the original topic and has gone way off tangent.

Thank you! The best post in this entire thread.

Mark Hayne

[metsbats]

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Seems like we exhausted everything that needed to be discussed about Kaepernick collectors. Perhaps it's time we close this thread as it's not adding much to the original topic and has gone way off tangent.

[gorilla777]

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Give it a rest
The mods deleted much of that other thread due to the race baiting nonsense

[Juicyfruit66]

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Coxfan, well put. When you end up with "us" vs "them" it leaves very little room for "we".

[Dewey2007]

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Agreed

Coxfan,

Thanks for the intelligent and thoughtful response to this thread.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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Coxfan,

Thanks for the intelligent and thoughtful response to this thread.

[coxfan]

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Things are far better than the 1960's as I can attest from having lived through them in my teens. But a lot is still occurring. Shortly after Obama's election in 2008, my wife's cousin sent us childishly racist e-mails about Obama, until my wife managed to get her to stop. Recently, a state legislator here in South Carolina was circulating blantantly racist e-mails about the First Lady, until the local Republican Committee publicly repudiated his actions. He was defeated in the next primary, despite having served multiple terms previously; but he remained unrepentant, saying he'd been crucified by the "politically correct" crowd.

With stuff like that still going around, it is understandable that fears of returning to darker days are around, even if sometimes there is oversensitivity. But my wife and I are, like all independents I know, disgusted with today's extremism. Everybody's talking, but nobody's listening! And that goes for some on both left and right, politically. Where's the effort, from either side, toward moving toward compromises?

But this country's political system was founded on the idea that no one faction could dominate, so compromise would be essential. (Read some of the arguments in the Federalist papers, and other arguments for adopting the US Constitution in the 1780's. The founders were terrified that dominance of one faction could wreck a democratic government.)

[Juicyfruit66]

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I think what's happening is people have taken a valid problem (racism) and have lumped it all towards the police. You can't compare the 1960's mentality to modern times. Problem is people like Kaepernick are watching all the news vultures and social media and have been tricked into believing there is some sort of racial purge going on. All he's doing is building barriers, not breaking them.

[coxfan]

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This is one of those situations where there's some validity in all sides, so compromise and progress should be possible. Police of all races face great personal danger, and many give their lives.

But as a 67-year-old white southerner, I'm old enough to recall the days before Civil Rights. Our white family were good friends with at least two black families in our small Georgia town. Both those families were subjected to arbitrary searches without warrants or any particular cause, as was standard police procedure in southern communities until the early 60's, where those being searched were not white. I also knew a white deputy who killed an unarmed black woman, solely because she was drunk and disorderly, around 1960. He wasn't even placed on leave.

So it's understandable to me why there would be reactions of the kind we're seeing, because there's still fear the old days could return. They weren't that long ago!

The right way is for all sides to look carefully at police procedures, and seek areas of compromise where all perspectives are respected. But these days, extremism, not compromise, rules the landscape. The wrong way is to block highways, thus endangering us all. Protesting the entire American system is totally wrong.

[gorilla777]

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Yeah, I recall a comment from person above about white people believe there has been no racism since the Civil War? A blanket statement like that is over the line and pretty cheap.

[metsbats]

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It's all make sense now. He wanted to boast his jersey sales

[both-teams-played-hard]

Colin-kaepernick-has-49ers-top-selling-jersey-since-national-anthem-protest

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2661838-colin-kaepernick-has-49ers-top-selling-jersey-since-national-anthem-protest

Fight the Power.
I am not a racist. Some of my best friends are white.

[bgakladd]

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Here's my thoughts......

[Juicyfruit66]

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Didn't miss the Trollmuch after the Warren either, so not gonna bite

[Juicyfruit66]

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Yup, brand. New nike on field legit with nike tags... Want pics?

I've found majestic mlb jackets and hoodies with tags as well on occasion, sometimes stores donate stuff that isn't selling. As for nike onfield jerseys with tags, those would be rare to find... Hence it shows public opinion of theman may not be so great if his stuff's getting donated.