Assignment for school - Kaepernick's Protest: How do you feel?

Question

I'm working on an assignment for school about culture and conflict. I'm analyzing the conflict with the Systems Theory, which examines conflicts through a lens encompassing the relationships, environment and relationship dynamics of not just the primary parties of the conflict, but the parties who support each side of the conflict, oppose each side and those who are indifferent.

My goal is to gain some insight for my assignment as to how people perceive Kaepernick's protest.

So I ask, do you support his protest of the oppression of minorities?

Do you oppose the method (not standing for the national anthem) although you may agree with the message? For example, you support his protest, but think he should have gone about it differently?

Or

Do you oppose his message? For example, you don't feel that minorities are oppressed, or feel that comparatively speaking, there has been progress in societal-racial relations, and there can only be continued progress from here?

Thank you ladies, I appreciate any insight you can provide. Like I said, this is for a paper I am writing that has to come from an objective standpoint.

For the record: I personally support his protest, I don't think it is a deliberate dismissal of the sacrifices veterans have made for our country. However, I also think it would be beneficial for him to articulate what specific changes he wants to see to help others better understand his goals.

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I agree with his protesting. We, as Americans, has the freedom to choose how to peacefully protest. I think it's great that he stood (or luck there of) for his beliefs in this matter. Overall, he seems to be a very great person, he donates not only money but time to minority groups in need.

I fully support our flag and the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their lives for our freedoms, as someone who comes from a proud military family, with a flag flying at my home 365 days a year without fail, it does not offend me that he did not stand. Freedom. That's what this country was founded on yet so many people want to be butt hurt about others expressing their rights...

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I do support  Kaepernick's protest, the method in which he did it, and his message. I come from a military family where the flag is viewed as important, but the way I see it the fight was not just for a flag or anthem, but for the rights Kaepernick exercised. It also garnered a lot of attention, which helped get his message out. I also appreciate that he has followed up his words with nonprofit work.

I do, however, still disagree with him not voting. For me, that detracted from his message a bit. Obviously he is also free to not vote, but I think if you're going to take such a strong political stance you should vote. Regardless of how he may have felt about presidential politics, there where candidates and propositions on the ballot here in CA(assuming that's where he would have registered) that very much impacted the issues he has spoken about. That said, I believe it is our civic duty to vote so I'm coming from that belief POV as well.

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If  he really wanted to feel like he actually made a difference, he would have put a vote to his cause.  He didn't vote in the election.

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Fully supported until he didn't vote. I thought it was clever and no one was inconvenienced by his choice.

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I agree with his message and what it stood for. I also agree with him in not standing for the national anthem, because he recognized that the land of the free was not the land of the free for minorties. Him not voting sent a clear message in stating that he does not believe that either candidate intentions were not in accordance with his views and message in how minorities are being treated in the US.

To do nothing is the same as doing something.

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What he did is also not new.

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I definitely agree with his protest and his cause! We have a right to peacefully protest however we please.

A lot of people think it doesn't do any good, but I believe he also donates A LOT of money to organizations that help children who are at risk, and helps them read and understand their constitutional rights. He's getting shit done. He's using his own money and status to help those who really need it.

Also at first I judged people who didn't vote way too hard. Hillary still won the popular vote yet The Orange Man himself still managed to be elected, so him not voting didn't really change the outcome.

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Completely support him. Support any type of peaceful protest. My husbands in the military and I've personally never stood for the anthem or anything for religious purposes(no one in my family does flag or anthem stuff). Different reasons but I still support his right not to stand for it just like I have the right not to

Assignment for school - Kaepernick's Protest: How do you feel?

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