Donald N. Finley – I was struck by David Atwood’s “The Right will Neither Forgive nor Forget.” It struck close to home because I’m a boycotter. It takes a lot to get me to such a point, but if someone goes through the effort to do so, it sets in hard and deep.
I’ve never been an NFL fan. I played baseball. But I knew I was in the minority, so I watched the Super Bowl every year and tried to be somewhat conversant in the game highlights I’d watch on the news.
Many of my friends were rabid fans and would have weekend get-togethers to watch a game. This was throughout most of my adulthood and working career in the Air Force. Then Colin Kaepernick came along and disrespected my flag, and the NFL let him get away with it. And then a clothing brand built an advertising campaign around him, paying him to disrespect my flag.