Following through on your convictions when the tide is running against you is a sign of courage. In America, democracy is trumped by money. This blog was posted a year ago. Kaepernick has not been hired, nor has he backed down. Having donated $1 million to various charities, while O’Reilly, although released from FOX, rumbles on.
On September 13th and 16th of this year, I posted two tweets regarding Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem. I did not take a position on his patriotism. I asked a (why) question in one post and stated facts in another. The first was an attempt at setting a firm basis in reality and therefore having a significant and meaningful conversation. After Bill O’Reilly’s take on history and his book, l had to write a second post. In my second post, I used a metaphor, figuratively stating he had a loud mouth, able to reach a large audience thereby causing a snowballing effect with what he says. I also left out the hyphen and used a lower case (r) and put the (i) before the (e) in O’Reilly’s name; a fishing technic, as fishermen, we know it’s the bait and sometimes it’s luck. But, where you fish and what you’re fishing for, will determine what…
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