Colin Kaepernicks Freedom Of Speech

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As George Orwell once said, “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” Every day, men and women in the armed forces fight for our freedom and for our safety. As we live our day to day lives, we do not think about how our country became free and who made it free. In America, we have the freedom of petition, freedom of religion, but most importantly in Colin Kaepernick’s case, the freedom of speech. Recently, Colin Kaepernick, 49er’s quarterback, refused to stand for the National Anthem. Many American’s were very offended by Kaepernick’s action because they felt he was disrespecting current and deceased armed forces. Kaepernick was never in any branch of armed forces,