Standing "at attention" is a customary practice that is intended to indicate the players' love of country, patriotism, respect for the country's institutions (national anthem and flag).
CK chose to conspicuously decline to stand "at attention" during the playing of the Anthem because he felt he could not display "love" of country "as long as" Blacks - especially young Black men - remain the targets of a homicidal campaign by the national constabulary.
(a). He is entitled to his opinion, and if the First Amendment means anything, it means you can criticize the government without being criminally prosecuted for it. So no government instrumentality, acting in its official capacity, may prosecute CK for his opinion or the expression thereof, regardless of how unpopular it may be.
(b). His employer is a private business. His employer may take action against him if his public conduct is offensive to the customer base, unless such action is prohibited by his contract. But in this case, his employer TOOK NO ACTION AGAINST HIM. HE CHOSE to opt out of the remain years of his contract.
(c). Prospective employers may not discriminate against him for his membership in legally protected classes, to wit, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and so on. The protected classes are determined by local law. But nobody is discriminating against him because of his race, whatever that may be. They are discriminating against him because to hire him would be to invite the ire of a large percentage of the customer base.
(d). Clearly, he is the victim of discrimination. He is a more talented, and more accomplished football player than many others who have found jobs in the league. But not all discrimination is illegal or inappropriate. An NFL team could, for example discriminate against a quarterback if they conclude that he is not intelligent enough to do the job. No problem.
CK COULD, if he chose to, make a public statement that he will no longer express his political or quasi-political views in the context of his employment (when playing for or representing the team). HE COULD make a public statement that he has analyzed the relevant data and concluded that there is no statistical evidence to indicate that America's constabulary is killing Black people is disproportionate numbers, hence his protests will not be repeated.
In short, like the reporter who is jailed for contempt because he won't reveal his Source, he holds the keys to his own jail cell. If he won't use them, fuck him. He deserves what he gets.
Dumb Democrat Snowflake illogic. He's an employee. He can save his political protests for his personal time. That's how the rest of us live. He isn't special just because he's an athlete and Democrat. Capisce?
Once AGAIN no he's not an "employee", he's a contractor; once AGAIN standing for any national anthem is not required; once AGAIN there's no relationship in any of this to a "jail cell", once AGAIN you don't know what his political party affiliation is or if he even has one, and once AGAIN it already *IS* his personal time,the anthem being not only foisted there by fake-patriotism pimps but also not in any way part of the game he's contracted to play.
See what I mean
Montrovant ? Here's another kkklown who wants to JAIL --- literally JAIL, his own term --- a United States citizen for refusing to kiss (up to) the flag.
Exactly the same thing that Montana mob did to Earnest Starr. Go ahead and pretend not to understand how it's the same thing. Bring all the Nazi deflections you like.
To begin with, you're quoting two different posters there, but doing it as if it is only one person talking.
Anyway, to start at the end, the poster is comparing Kaepernick to a reporter jailed for contempt. He did not explicitly call for protesters to be jailed. If that was his intent, then sure, I see the Nazi comparison. Of course, you made those comparisons in regards to the entire group of people who oppose sitting/kneeling during the anthem, but if you want to ignore that, go ahead.
It is not "personal time" when the national anthem is being played; NFL players are working at that point. That is clearly the context here: whether a person is working or not. When NFL players are wearing their uniforms at a stadium prior to the start of a game, they are "at work."
I don't know if Kaepernick has ever claimed a particular political affiliation, you're right with that.
Players are not required to stand during the anthem; or at least they are not required to do so by the league. Again, you're right there.
If your point was that some people think standing for the anthem should be legally mandatory, or that failure to stand should result in physical punishments/assault, or similar sentiments, I've never even attempted to deny that such people are out there. I have said, and continue to say, that trying to compare everyone who thinks people should stand during the playing of the national anthem to Nazis, or lynchings, etc. is a poor tactic which hurts your argument.