2nd yes, 1st no

regularfeller - That's EXACTLY what I was going to reply with!

That's what SJWs don't realize...yes, they can say anything that they want, but there are consequences. If I don't agree with what someone is saying or doing, I have a right to say or do something as well, I don't have to sit there and silently take it.

Those that don't agree with Mr. Kaepernick don't want to take away his First Amendment rights, they are just exercising their own First Amendment rights.

Where it gets tricky is when you are expressing your First Amendment rights in the workplace. Your management's right to discipline you usually trumps your First Amendment rights. Therefore, there are those that are calling for a boycott of the NFL and/or disciplinary actions against those that don't stand for the national anthem. Again, that's all within their rights, not trying to take away anyone's First Amendment rights. If someone wants to express their views, they should do it on their own time, not at the workplace.

Well alrighty then....no one can stop you from doing/saying anything, however, when you represent someone else or an organization they have the right to control your expressions of free speech....you in turn have the right to sit during the anthem from your couch or the stands where you only represent yourself. Besides....the REAL REASON he didn't stand in the first place was because he was pouting over being benched, the "racist country" crap was the cover story because being a $114 million dollar cry baby doesn't win any sympathy. Regardless of anyone's thinking - he ain't sitting on his ass anymore is he. Why you think that is? He won't stand for it but he'll kneel for it? Oh well, what do i really care. Doesn't change my life any. Just amusing to poke a stick at.

You're absolutely right, people *do* have a right to express their dislike of what he's doing. *I * don't like what he's doing. But I defend his right to do it. The people *I* talk to don't see it that way. They say he has no right to do this. They forget, or don't care, about his 1st Amendment right to do so. They say he is disrespecting the men and women who fought, and died, for the "flag that he is disrespecting", while forgetting that those who died were actually fighting for his right TO do what he's doing.