Right on the heels of a poll which revealed that the biggest hit to last year's NFL ratings came from viewers angry about protests of the national anthem, the Baltimore Sun editorial board has issued an op-ed in which they express their hope that the local Ravens will sign race-mongering quarterback Colin Kaepernick, because the country needs his "voice."
According to Newsbusters, the Ravens are in quarterback trouble and the head coach, John Harbaugh, is the brother of Kaepernick’s previous coach, Jim Harbaugh, when he played for the San Francisco 49ers. John Harbaugh and Kaepernick have been communicating this year, apparently, and the Sun is salivating at the thought that the Baltimore Ravens might snag the controversial free agent.
Check out this stunningly dumb admission in the Baltimore Sun:
We need Colin Kaepernick’s voice (and maybe his arm). … What is disappointing about this situation is Mr. Kaepernick’s quiet assurance to the Ravens and any other teams who might be in the market for his services that he would stand for the anthem this year. Whether the Ravens need his arm, we’re in no position to say. But Baltimore — and America in general — could certainly use his voice.
Translation: we know and care nothing about football, but we're excited about the racially-charged anti-Americanism that Kaepernick brings to the table, and we hope he'll alienate even more football fans by continuing to take a knee instead of standing when the national anthem is played.
The editors continued:
Mr. Kaepernick’s defenders have gone to great lengths recently to argue that he would be an asset to an NFL team by emphasizing his skill on the field, his dedication to training, his positive effect on locker room culture and even his ability to build muscle on a vegan diet. We doubt the Ravens or any other NFL team will look at it this way, but his social activism also makes him an asset to the community. Mr. Kaepernick does a lot more than kneel before games; among other things, he has also hosted a series of “Know Your Rights” camps teaching young people of color about financial literacy, health, college admissions — and the history of police brutality.
But mostly, he kneels in protest of a country that Kaepernick claims "oppresses people of color."
The Sun editorial concluded: “Pro sports teams like their athletes to be involved in the community in benign ways that are unlikely to offend. But at a time when the president of the United States treats cops roughing up the people they arrest as a laugh line, Mr. Kaepernick is saying something we need to hear.”
No, he's saying something that the Progressive media want to hear, which is that America is a white supremacist country, Ravens ticket sales be damned.
