Stephen A. Smith goes IN on Colin Keapernick for not voiting

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

But it's the community that brings the problems and request for change to the politician. If said politician only cares about kickbacks and what they can get out of a situation, then they aren't serving the community at all.

It's two sides to the same coin tho. I don't think anyone is advocating abandoning grassroots/community efforts to vote. Just saying that as you start trying to employ those efforts go to the polls to elect politicians who will be supportive and vote against those pols who are not.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

You respect the 20,000 people who wrote in "Hennessy" or "Harambe" over Kaep? Yeah that makes sense

Exactly. According to him those morons writing in bullshyt are now more respectable. Idiots

 

[TheNig]

Here's the thing tho, breh. You can't have an interest in social justice and not have an interest in politics. Politicians enact policies.

This has always been my dilemma. Why must something as "pure" as social justice be politicized? We should be talking about human decency in regards to societal issues, not policies.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Stephen mad as shyt

It was weak.

This has always been my dilemma. Why must something as "pure" as social justice be politicized? We should be talking about human decency in regards to societal issues, not policies.

If u don't vote, u cant complain about shyt imo.

 

[Gyasi85]

Nothing weak about colin not voting.
Nothing will ever stop or deminish his stance that US society needs to stop condoning and murdering of unarmed american citizens.
Typical play by the power structure to diminish the influence of someone they want marginalized because what he is saying is starting to go at the true root problem.

Exactly...voting is a part of the problem...because it suggest that the system which is inherently flawed can be fixed by using the same system and it cannot..Black people are simply angry that the slick talking CaC got in...and The angry butt hurt CaCs in the MSM once again have played Black people by insinuating that it was the black vote that caused it....now they have the perfect opportunity to go in on Kaep which is what these c00ns have always wanted to do in the first place... This c00n ain't slick.....

 

[TheNig]

It was weak.


If u don't vote, u cant complain about shyt imo.

I voted this year and I just remember thinking to myself "What's the fukkin point?"

This is my opinion, but I feel as if I've caved to a system that doesn't work for me, from top to bottom. Why is it that a black man has to raise his voice everytime the system treats him unfairly? You mean to tell me that none of our reps, from the municipal to the federal can tell that maybe there's a problem before I raise my voice?

We keep banging on that door of equality but they only open it when they feel like it. At what point do we take matters into our own hands?

 

[jadillac]

Here's the thing tho, breh. You can't have an interest in social justice and not have an interest in politics. Politicians enact policies.

Perhaps in general.

But I think you can. You can enact change while at the same time not trust/shun the people in charge.

 

[lamont614]

Assuming he lives in San Fran, there was 24 measures up for vote and a few of them are directly related to what he said he was going to do in the community...

Election 2016: Latest results on state, local, federal races

Housing upgrades
Yes: 75.9%No: 24.1%
597 / 597 precincts reporting
Amends existing $250 million bond loan program for seismic upgrades, to include loans for the acquisition and development of affordable housing.
Requires two-thirds vote.

Youth vote
Yes: 47.3%No: 52.7%
597 / 597 precincts reporting
Allows 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in municipal elections.

Police oversight
Yes: 79.8%No: 20.2%
597 / 597 precincts reporting
Transforms the Office of Citizen Complaints into the Department of Police Accountability, which would conduct reviews of how the Police Department and Police Commission handle allegations of officer misconduct.

Neighborhood crime unit
Yes: 45.5%No: 54.5%
597 / 597 precincts reporting
Requires the creation of a neighborhood crime unit in the Police Department.

Affordable housing
Yes: 35.1%No: 64.9%
597 / 597 precincts reporting
Raises maximum income level for qualifying for subsidized affordable housing.

Transfer tax
Yes: 61.9%No: 38.1%
597 / 597 precincts reporting
Increases transfer taxes on higher-value properties. Backers want to use money to pay for free community college and street trees.

Superior Court Judge, office 7

PLUS California had legalizing weed up to vote

Affordable housing



No




Thanks kap and other smart dumb nikkas

 

[tremonthustler1]

half of us didnt vote

you're in Canada. When the next crackhead is up for mayor, we'll ride for your cause

Kaep shoulda voted at least locally. For all he knows a lot of people that agree with his stances and philosophies did the same shyt which coulda cost them locally. It's nice he can do other things but it's not that hard to just vote. Some of the National Anthems he kneels for take longer than filling out a ballot.

But to some of y'all I guess Kaep is gonna have to wear Prince Yahshua kneepads every Sunday cuz nothing will ever change.

 

[Youngblood Priest]

fukk. You. People. My gawd you mfers are so feasible.

 

[tremonthustler1]

y'all

Kaep is good. That man did what all these other athletes are afraid to do and y'all in here throwing the man under the bus just like that


Now I see why other black athletes don't speak out. We don't have their backs when they do

who doesn't have Kaep's back? ? Nobody's against his cause or him. That doesn't mean he deserves unconditional support for everything he does and doesn't do.

 

[...and some waffle fries]

Why is it hard for some of yall to understand the concept of not voting? Were the jews ever going to vote their way out of what they endured in Germany? Voting aint helped the Native Americans get their country back. White folks aint leaving no time soon. Hell voting aint even the reason black folks are not slaves.


How did these white folks get their freedom from England? Did they vote?

 

[delta]

Why is it hard for some of yall to understand the concept of not voting? Were the jews ever going to vote their way out of what they endured in Germany? Voting aint helped the Native Americans get their country back. White folks aint leaving no time soon. Hell voting aint even the reason black folks are not slaves.


How did these white folks get their freedom from England? Did they vote?

Those are bad comparisons. None of those groups were in a society such as the United states .

 

[Higher Tech]

Yall keep glossing over the bigger picture. There are more things to vote for than presidency. You cant write Harambe on a yes or no measure/prop

You arguing with dudes that have never seen a voting booth. They have no idea how much are on those ballots.

 

[...and some waffle fries]

Those are bad comparisons. None of those groups were in a society such as the United states .

If this aint dumbest shyt I done seen here. Black folk and Native Americans were never in a society such as the United States?