# Were you surprised by the backlash from Kaepernick, other athletes kneeling vs. the public **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 22, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146 "2019-10-22T17:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 223
**Author:** ![Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146/223 "2020-06-02T05:06:05Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I think the accusation is more based on his obsession with stirring up racial conflict in advance of the November election. Many threads about white people not liking what black people are doing. He doesn’t necessarily _agree_ with the angry white guys, of course, but he wonders a lot how they must be feeling. I’m not stupid, I’m not an idiot. I’m not interested in racial conflict. Let’s talk about race, it’s the scab in the nation’s leg. Let’s discuss it. What I am telling you is that there is a segment of white America that doesn’t care about police brutality, Kaepernick, race. They see themselves as viscerally patriotic and they feel that discussing these things are disrespectful. It doesn’t affect them. That is all. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146)._