Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest ‘Dumb’

[meegs73]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who came under fire recently for lacerating comments about Donald J. Trump, has dropped another eyebrow-raising remark about a different figure in the news: the N.F.L. football player Colin Kaepernick and his protest against the national anthem

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[spiritoftherain]

I don't have a problem with her remark. She's entitled to her opinion. You can tell she has more of an issue with people calling to a arrest Kaepernick. In the spectrum of public reaction, RBJ's isn't so bad.

[meegs73]

I appreciate that she's defending the players' constitutional right to protest, but I wish she would have acknowledged why the players are protesting instead of just calling them dumb. She's always been the first to recognize racial discrimination on the bench so I'm surprised and disappointed that she was so dismissive here.

[spiritoftherain]

That's a good point, and it's a missed opportunity. I don't know, I've been so flooded with Kaepernick stuff and not so much with the crap that's been lobbed at him. I'm glad he's doing what he's doing.

[mimblexwimble]

Calling Kaepernick "arrogant" isn't just an opinion. It's coded language.

[spiritoftherain]

I'd give RBG the benefit of the doubt on that, but I am white. vOv