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07 Jan 2020, 4:37 pm

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Regardless of whether you are more appalled by the anti-Ross, anti-Nike, or both “cancellations”, the fact that Nike emerged unscathed suggests to me that the cancellations failed.

Unscathed? He's one of the most hated people in America.

He repeatedly kneeled during the US national anthem.

This is considered to show great disrespect to the country, the flag, the military.

Well, LoveNotHate, Nike and Kapernick are not the same thing and that is a distinction I have deliberately drawn in my posts, and at quite some length.

Keapernick the most hated man in America, people sure have a funny way of showing it.

Most people don't know quasi-famous people like Kaepernick.

So, "the most" is small.

However, he is/was indeed hated. Just search google.


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09 Jan 2020, 4:53 am

TheRobotLives wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
TheRobotLives wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
Regardless of whether you are more appalled by the anti-Ross, anti-Nike, or both “cancellations”, the fact that Nike emerged unscathed suggests to me that the cancellations failed.

Unscathed? He's one of the most hated people in America.

He repeatedly kneeled during the US national anthem.

This is considered to show great disrespect to the country, the flag, the military.

Well, LoveNotHate, Nike and Kapernick are not the same thing and that is a distinction I have deliberately drawn in my posts, and at quite some length.

Keapernick the most hated man in America, people sure have a funny way of showing it.

Most people don't know quasi-famous people like Kaepernick.

So, "the most" is small.

However, he is/was indeed hated. Just search google.


He's hated, but not by likely Nike customers. The faux-nationalists who insist he's disrespected the anthem might genuinely believe that claim, but apparently outside of that circle most people understand he didn't actually disrespect the flag, anthem or military and realize that that's just a dishonest line of reasoning used to attack someone who's done nothing more than take a stand on the issue of police brutality.


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09 Jan 2020, 5:07 am

funeralxempire wrote:
TheRobotLives wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
TheRobotLives wrote:
The_Walrus wrote:
Regardless of whether you are more appalled by the anti-Ross, anti-Nike, or both “cancellations”, the fact that Nike emerged unscathed suggests to me that the cancellations failed.

Unscathed? He's one of the most hated people in America.

He repeatedly kneeled during the US national anthem.

This is considered to show great disrespect to the country, the flag, the military.

Well, LoveNotHate, Nike and Kapernick are not the same thing and that is a distinction I have deliberately drawn in my posts, and at quite some length.

Keapernick the most hated man in America, people sure have a funny way of showing it.

Most people don't know quasi-famous people like Kaepernick.

So, "the most" is small.

However, he is/was indeed hated. Just search google.


He's hated, but not by likely Nike customers. The faux-nationalists who insist he's disrespected the anthem might genuinely believe that claim, but apparently outside of that circle most people understand he didn't actually disrespect the flag, anthem or military and realize that that's just a dishonest line of reasoning used to attack someone who's done nothing more than take a stand on the issue of police brutality.


I found this … one poll ...

"46 percent of Nike customers have a positive view of Kaepernick"
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/busine ... gn-n908251


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09 Jan 2020, 5:29 am

What percentage have a negative view?


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09 Jan 2020, 5:35 am

This is not really about Nike.

Anyway, does anybody know if Kaepernick ever applied for a job in the CFL?


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