The long national nightmare continues. We’re old enough to remember counting the days during the Iranian hostage crisis and slapping up “Free the Hostages” stickers everywhere there was space … but that was a long time ago. Now pro athletes and TV actors and celebrities are taking a knee and counting the days that Colin Kaepernick has been “denied work in the NFL.”
Jamilah King, race and justice reporter for Mother Jones, has taken on the task of maintaining the #KapWatch, which now stands at an appalling 210 days (guessing the NFL offseason isn’t taken into account).
LOL there's a kap watch? https://t.co/XasdgDfaoe
— CUCARACHA RACISTA (@ReyGoober2) September 26, 2017
Yes, there’s a #KapWatch. Let’s keep it trending every day until he’s rehired, OK?
#KapWatch: Colin Kaepernick has been denied work in the NFL for 210 days. And counting.
— Jamilah King (@jamilahking) September 26, 2017
"Denied work." https://t.co/f1Mu96VRfc
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/912761811048521735
So have I! WTF? https://t.co/OvYxwTesh7
— Freedom Recon (@FreedomRecon) September 26, 2017
No, he hasn't.
FFS this is like Assange crying he's "detained." https://t.co/qQVquZEDLa
— Dead Agent (@Recursion_Agent) September 26, 2017
Wow — 210 days is a long time; long enough to forget what Kaepernick was protesting in the first place. People posting photos of themselves taking a knee seem to think it’s about unity, or white supremacy, or the X-Files reboot, or cupcakes or something, but Kaepernick’s socks featuring pigs dressed as police officers are a pretty good reminder that he was down with the Black Lives Matter movement.
He also wasn’t that good.
5-20 record his last 25 starts, so yeah, he DESERVES to be in the league because of his skin color.
Idiotic.
— horse with no name (@anthymspirit) September 26, 2017
And another thing:
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/912721841424359427
Except he opted out of his contract. #FactsMatter https://t.co/8DbCNa4U9V
— NJ1 (@NJankov1) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/912698148816011264
Kaepernick brings far too much baggage to offset his wholly mediocre talent. And yes, HE opted out.https://t.co/09EjLoOdRf
— BonkPolitics (@BonkPolitics) September 26, 2017
Alternate headline: Colin Kaepernick quit his job in the NFL 210 days ago. https://t.co/eXS2kf0T6F
— Lord Single Malt (@Singlemaltfiend) September 26, 2017
What is it with the NFL anyway? Can it just deny anyone work for any reason?
I've been denied work in the NFL for even longer. https://t.co/wXtCHAom55
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheColonel2700/status/912733744909488128
Me too; 36 years and counting Damn racists https://t.co/CTIzN9J7NC
— What Did Obama Know &When? August 2016? (@Itches657) September 26, 2017
I've been denied work by the NFL too. I demand a starting QB job! https://t.co/KtU0mDqEGG
— rebel millennial (@patriotic_giant) September 26, 2017
#KapWatch Big deal. The @NFL has denied me work for over 20,000 days so far. And counting. https://t.co/ljHojHHzT8
— Soquel by the Creek (@SoquelCreek) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/EzraCeleste/status/912738010432761857
I don't care what you think about the protests, this take is ri-diculous. Nobody owes you a job, especially not a six figure one. https://t.co/hGn4JCM2fK
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) September 26, 2017
He should probably go find another job then. https://t.co/6wNE3G7PZ2
— Crash Tinkle (@SocrateezNutz) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/Miss_Wisconsin/status/912759577539678217
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Update:
For those who care, King and a partner have created the @KapWatch account so you can track the number of days he’s been denied employment by the NFL.
So @joshbegley and I made a thing: https://t.co/BahGy0o16k
— Jamilah King (@jamilahking) September 26, 2017
How many days has Colin Kaepernick been denied work in the NFL? We’re counting. https://t.co/H3vJlOMcPq pic.twitter.com/T0KBvpqyac
— KapWatch (@KapWatch) September 26, 2017
People are pathetic https://t.co/mNKCQ20y8V
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) September 27, 2017
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Related:
Want a hearty laugh? Watch Nancy Pelosi FAIL repeatedly at trying to pronounce 'Kaepernick' https://t.co/SanMeJCTFQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 24, 2017
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