Kaepernick consults Nate Boyer, former Green Beret, on slightly more respectful way to protest

So we have all probably had enough of the Colin Kaepernick sitting-during-the-anthem thing. It’s been talked about on this site as well as countless others for hours and days on end. The fact that he has been spotted wearing socks depicting cops as pigs didn’t really gain him any credibility. Honestly, if the guy wants to get a message out, he seems to be muddying it just a bit.

But before this goes away and gets completely lost in the news cycle, at least until he stands up for the anthem and all is right again in the world, there are some positives stemming from the flag protest. Sure, Kaepernick could have gone about this much, much differently. Suggestions include bringing up some issues at a press conference or during an interview. Maybe. But what has happened is that the veteran community, led by former Green Beret Nate Boyer, who penned an open letter to Kaepernick last week, has been given some direct access to consult and discuss an explosive issue with the man at the center of it all.