Winners and Losers
The United States of America is not a place of hate. We are not a place where we restrict what can or cannot say. We were founded on the idea that " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." This includes even the people that you do not agree with. Too often we live in echo chambers where we can only hear the things we want to hear, and we base fact on opinion rather than opinion on fact. We have to work on including the other side in our debates and opening ourselves up to serious democratic debate. After all, that is what our founders intended. I know that it is widely accepted that former NFL Quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, is protesting or disrespecting the military by kneeling during the National Anthem. However, he himself has said that such