GQ chose Colin Kaepernick as their ‘Citizen of the Year.’
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I'm honored to be recognized by @GQMagazine as Citizen of the Year. https://t.co/s6wBZTa6tH
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) November 13, 2017
From GQ:
Though Colin Kaepernick continues his silent protest, he agreed to collaborate with GQ on a special project for our December Men of the Year issue in an effort to, as the piece explains, “reclaim the narrative of his protest.” He helped us assemble a ten-person team of his closest confidants—including rapper J.Cole, director Ava DuVernay, activist Harry Belafonte, and Women’s March co-organizer Linda Sarsour—to speak on the subjects of activism, protest, and equality, and to offer some rare insights into Colin Kaepernick himself.
His protest is silent because he doesn’t have a job. Just sayin’.
Many people in social media disapproved of GQ‘s choice, mainly because his protest has been less than meaningful:
Does GQ magazine hate cops, too? pic.twitter.com/vSFaZz4LMC
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 13, 2017
Remember this accessory, GQ?
We do.
What's the difference between police officers & Colin Kaepernick?
✔️They have jobs
✔️Officers, like Norbert Ramon, saved 1,500 Texans
✔️Real citizen heroes#CitizenOfTheYear #MondayMotivation— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 13, 2017
Truth hurts.
Dear GQ, stick to fluffy things like fashion and lifestyle. You're no good at politics.
That goes for you too, @esquire [I'm a subscriber] https://t.co/T1WOB4tR9k
— Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) November 13, 2017
Good point. Kaep’s threads on the cover are pretty damn slick … too bad the actual context for the photo is a complete joke.
How is a whiny bitch Citizen of the Year? Citizen of what?
— Just Rick (@rickde) November 13, 2017
Citizen of sitting on the couch on game day? Just spitballin’.
Too bad it isn't for being good at anything other than a crybaby…
— Memetic Socrates (@MemeticSocrates) November 13, 2017
And wearing colorful socks.
Hahaha…anyone who subscribes to GQ or cares about their opinions deserve to have an over rated failed QB that wears pigs dressed like cops on his socks as their person of the year pic.twitter.com/wzghysYgVt
— Austere Govt. Mule (@Az61Ronin) November 13, 2017
Fair point. Subscribers to GQ may well support the idea of an unemployed has-been QB being of any sort of civic importance.
What a farce
— flbnkldy?????? (@jbnnonfly) November 13, 2017
Yup.
you should be embarrassed and ashamed.
— Jôséf???? (@NYDevil63) November 13, 2017
Should be, but they won’t be.
Oh, and speaking of someone who should be embarrassed and ashamed, check out race-baiter Tariq Nasheed’s response to those who are troubled with GQ‘s choice:
If you are upset that Colin Kaepernick was named GQ Citizen of the Year, then most likely, you are probably a white supremacist. And I dance in racist tears like…. pic.twitter.com/BYSixRjFEi
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) November 13, 2017
Wonder if he realizes what a parody he’s made of himself?
Probably not.
And he’d probably call us white supremacists for asking.
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