The Blaze Tomi Lahren, the newscaster of “The Blaze”, ridicules Colin Kaepernick for protesting against the national anthem. Lahren responds to this act by saying, “Colin, I support the First Amendment.” Lahren then indirectly insults Kaepernick by stating, “It protects your right to be a whiny adult, indulgent, attention-seeking, crybaby.” Lahren finishes her statement off with, “And if this country disgusts you so much, leave.” Lahren disputes Kaepernick’s actions and pleases him to go.
Daily Show Trevor, the host of “The Daily Show” question Tomi, “What is the right way to get attention in America.” He tells her, “If I walk down the streets, people will assume I’m a thug. If I protest, people will say it’s a riot.” Tomi then rebuts by saying how, “why would you take your perceived oppression of black people out on the National Anthem and our flag?” Trevor then …show more content…
The freedom of speech right allows Kaepernick to speak out of his mind. Kaepernick isn’t disrespecting the flag arbitrarily. Kaepernick says that, he would not “show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” Thus, Kaepernick kneels towards the flag, and neglects the anthem. It is important that us citizens exercise our right which is why I support Colin Kaepernick’s protest. It is important is read variety of sources instead of just one because there is a chance that you might be reading fake news. The news station that my parents and I listen to are NPR News, and CNN. My parents prefer listening to objective news rather than listening to biased subjective news. My parents and I tend to switch from news to news to see different point of views and perspectives of the incident. Such as, if Donald Trump had officially changed the amendment that was very controversial, I’d like to see how CNN views this versus other news
Daily Show Trevor, the host of “The Daily Show” question Tomi, “What is the right way to get attention in America.” He tells her, “If I walk down the streets, people will assume I’m a thug. If I protest, people will say it’s a riot.” Tomi then rebuts by saying how, “why would you take your perceived oppression of black people out on the National Anthem and our flag?” Trevor then …show more content…
The freedom of speech right allows Kaepernick to speak out of his mind. Kaepernick isn’t disrespecting the flag arbitrarily. Kaepernick says that, he would not “show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” Thus, Kaepernick kneels towards the flag, and neglects the anthem. It is important that us citizens exercise our right which is why I support Colin Kaepernick’s protest. It is important is read variety of sources instead of just one because there is a chance that you might be reading fake news. The news station that my parents and I listen to are NPR News, and CNN. My parents prefer listening to objective news rather than listening to biased subjective news. My parents and I tend to switch from news to news to see different point of views and perspectives of the incident. Such as, if Donald Trump had officially changed the amendment that was very controversial, I’d like to see how CNN views this versus other news