For some reason, people are still talking about Colin Kaepernick exercising his constitutional rights to freedom of speech.
In case you’ve been living under a rock this weekend, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback didn’t stand up for the national anthem before Friday’s preseason game. It’s not the first time Kaepernick has done it (some reports claim he did it all last season), but rather the first time anyone noticed or took issue with it. His comments after the game explaining why are causing outrage across the Internet.
This fan took it to a new level, though, and performed the incredibly cliche Internet act of burning Kaepernick’s jersey. He then turned the national anthem on and saluted the jersey (presumably, because there’s no flag in sight) while watching it burn.
Also not pictured: the $100-plus spent on that jersey also being burned.
Ultimately, this is just some angry dude on the Internet looking for likes. Clearly, it’s worked, but that’s about all it’s done.
That’s the great thing about this country, though — people like Kaepernick and this 49ers fan both get to express themselves in whichever manner they choose because people died to give them the opportunity to do so.
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