vox | Late Show host Stephen Colbert on Thursday night pointed out that Black Lives Matter activists just can’t win over some people.
On one hand, you have the first two nights of protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, in reaction to the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott.
Some — but not all — of the protesters turned violent, leading critics
on social media to characterize all the protesters as people senselessly
destroying their own communities.
“I sure wish there was some sort of respectful, silent
civil protest that people could engage in that wouldn’t enrage the other
side,” Colbert said. Then an image of San Francisco 49ers quarterback
Colin Kaepernick flashed on the screen.
“Yeah, no, that’s not gonna work either,” Colbert quipped.
By taking a knee during the national anthem during
football games, Kaepernick has drawn tremendous criticism and anger
online — becoming the most hated football player in the league,
according to a poll by E-Poll Marketing Research. Many people, such as conservative pundit Tomi Lahren, have characterized Kaepernick as unpatriotic, telling him to “leave” if America “disgusts you so much.”
