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Port: It's possible to think the protests against police abuses are right and Colin Kapernick's kneeling was wrong - INFORUM

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Drew Brees can do amazing things with a football.

LeBron James can dazzle with a basketball in his hands.

I'm not sure why that means we must litter our headlines with their hot takes about the issues of the day. Or any other celebrity, for that matter.

I am weary of stories about so-and-so quarterback, or such-and-such actress, posting some jeremiad about an in-the-news topic on Instagram.

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Please, can we stop pretending like it is?

Still, since most are far more interested in the punditry of celebrities than I am, let's talk about Brees for a moment.

With the George Floyd protests setting our country on fire (at times literally), many are suggesting that Colin Kaepernick and his kneel-during-the-national-anthem protests were right.

Brees disagreed this week.

“I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country," he said in a recent interview.

Brees' comments bought him an invitation to a social media struggle session, with James among those leading the charge.

Brees has now apologized for disagreeing with Kaepernick's method of protest, if not his motivations:

I'm not really certain why Brees needed to apologize.

Must we all agree with this retired quarterback and Fidel Castro fanboy or be branded enemies of the fight against law enforcement abuse?

If we could let go of some of this nonsensical nattering over trivialities, like whether or not Kaepernick's kneeling was appropriate, we might be able to find some consensus and build some real progress toward policy reforms that matter.

If Kaepernick's protests inspired you, then great. I found his kneeling to be trite and disrespectful, and Kapernick himself to be a bit of a meathead who is far too enamored with communism.

But why does that matter?

If you and I both agree that police abuse — and police racism — are real problems in need of correction, does Kaepernick need to be the litmus test for whether or not you and I can work together?

He shouldn't be.

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Rob Port, founder of SayAnythingBlog.com, is a Forum Communications commentator. Reach him on Twitter at @robport or via email at rport@forumcomm.com.

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