JUST AS WINNING THE WAR MAKES US OPPOSE TORTURE AGAIN...:

When you remove all the projection, strawmen arguments, and labyrinths created by the unoppressed that limit who can protest and when and what for, you actually have a serious, meaningful, and substantial conversation -- you have the early workings of change.

Other NFL players are joining in on the protest. Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall kneeled during the National Anthem Thursday night in Denver. The entire Seahawks team might kneel in their season opener on Sunday. What started with Kaepernick has spread. 49ers teammate Eric Reid kneeled with him before San Francisco's fourth preseason game; Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane has sat during the anthem in the preseason and has said he will continue to not stand; and Megan Rapinoe, the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team star, is also kneeling -- if she gets the chance.

Not everyone is in agreement with the protest. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn't a fan of the action, while President Obama is -- but any protest that lacks detractors isn't much of a protest.

Furthermore, Kaepernick has shown a willingness to engage and listen to those detractors. In one-on-one situations, he's finding accord and bringing people into his camp.

Kaepernick said he plans to give his time and the first $1 million of his salary to organizations that help minority communities. 49ers CEO Jed York said Thursday that he too will cut a $1 million check to two Bay Area community organizations for the "cause of improving racial and economic inequality."

Kaepernick's jersey sales have skyrocketed since his protest started, and he has said he'll donate all proceeds from the jersey sales back to the minority communities.

It remains to be seen what organizations Kaepernick will work with or how the money will be used, but, at the moment, who could be against him putting his money where his mouth is?

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