A real conundrum for leftists around the country: are they on the side of a beloved, female liberal jurist or an overpaid black America-hater playing the victim card? 

Recently, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticized San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, calling his protest of the National Anthem "dumb and disrespectful" and "disappointing."

In his infinite wisdom, Kaepernick responded to the constitutional scholar, dismissing her criticism as merely the words of "white people in power."

"It is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court justice call a protest against injustices and oppression ‘stupid, dumb’ in reference to players doing that," Kaepernick told the San Jose Mercury News. 

"I was reading an article and it refers to white critique of black protests and how they try to de-legitimize it by calling it ‘idiotic, dumb, stupid,’ things of that nature, so they can sidestep the real issue. As I was reading that I saw more and more truth how this has been approached by people in power, and white people in power in particular."

During her original interview with Katie Couric, Ginsburg called the protests a "terrible thing to do" adding:

“If they [those protesting the anthem] want to be stupid, there’s no law that should be preventive. If they want to be arrogant, there’s no law that prevents them from that. What I would do is strongly take issue with the point of view that they are expressing when they do that.”

Kaepernick still doesn't get it, however, doubling down by saying, "people are getting too caught up in the flag." 

"At the end of the day the flag is just a piece of cloth and I am not going to value a piece of cloth over people’s lives. That’s just not something I can do, it’s not something I feel morally right doing and my character won’t allow me to do that."