Dr. Harry Edwards just recommended that Colin Kapernick be nominated for a Nobel Prize.

[brush]

The activist/professor, instrumental in the 1968 Olympic protests and a backer of Muhammed Ali's decision to relinquish his heavyweight crown, appeared on ESPN's "First Take" program.

I can't think of a better candidate for the prize.

[Sherman A1]

1. Agreed

[ampm]

18. Yea for us

I sometimes agree but there are people when polled just say stuff to make us look good and will suppress us so we have to be clear that they might be bots making the numbers look good for us.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Excellent suggestion

A single act of nonviolent protest set off a movement.

[handmade34]

4. ...

[Thomas Hurt]

5. The Pig will squeal and squeal, the cultists will have fits, if that happened.

I would laugh my ass off.

[Wawannabe]

10. Same thing happened when Obama was elected

Yes, they will squeal!

Edit to add: I would support the prize for Kapernick.

[SoonerPride]

6. The melt down from trump would be epic. I say do it.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Oh my gosh yes, that would push old orange anus over the top.

[ms liberty]

8. Yes, he earned it. n/t

[jalan48]

9. Colin K took a courageous action that cost him his livelihood. How many of us would do the same?

[malaise]

11. Love Harry

Great idea

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. Good choice.

[MoonRiver]

13. Yes!

[brush]

15. Zing! The message went right over your head.

[usaf-vet]

17. Imagine this The Nobel Committee leaking it's a close race. Trump or Kapernick decision soon.

And the winner IS..........

When the winner was announced ..... reports from WH say the exploding head was a horrible thing to witness.

[brush]

22. I like the way you think. Remember the movie "Independence Day"?

[KS Toronado]

19. Way over his head, like a missed football pass

This isn't about football

[milestogo]

27. The nobel prize isn't about celebrity.

Its about sustained and effective activism.

Losing a high paying job in sports does not qualify as suffering.

[usaf-vet]

32. Totally Right! "Its about sustained and effective activism."

Kapernick is a perfect example of someone who sustained effective activism.

He could have easily backed down at some point and regained his "high paying job".

He chose to stick by beliefs. I don't know if it rises to the threshold of the Noble Prize.

But I would gladly vote to elect him POTUS in 2020 over the idiot in the WH now.

History will treat Kapernick well. The same is not true about the idiot in the WH.
He will be a footnote on the same page as Hitler and other historical evil dictators want to be's.

By the way, I hate professional sports of all kinds. There are not enough Kaepernick's. IMHO

[brush]

33. Still over your head. He didn't lose his job. He sacrificed...

his career for an ideal. He was offered a contract but stood by his guns to protest against innocent, unarmed black men and women getting killed by racist police on the streets of America over and over and over. See George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Breonna Taylor for the most recent ones out of hundreds over the years.

Are you totally unaware of the protests going on in major cities of the country and the world right now? Kapernick's sacrifice, and he didn't back down, is what built this movement.

Do you get it now?

[milestogo]

39. Do you find being a patronizing jerk to be an effective form of persuasion?

Because its not. And you have no idea who you are talking to.

[brush]

40. And you know what you're talking about? In your first post...

Last edited Mon Jun 22, 2020, 07:56 PM - Edit history (1)

you said Aaron Rodgers. A better quarterback. As if we were discussing who was a better football player.

You totally missed the point and now you're calling me a patronizing jerk. Seriously?

[milestogo]

24. Irony.

[Scarsdale]

16. Great idea.

Colin sacrificed his career (or many years of it) to make a point. The leaders of the NFL were afraid tRump might send out nasty tweets about them, so they went along with his ideas, against the players. It was a disgrace. YES, bring on the Nobel prize for Colin.

[unitedwethrive]

20. A true profile in courage

putting his career on the line for a just cause. It would be a perfect choice.

[Music Man]

21. Beautiful idea :)

Man, all the exploding heads if that happened...

[MontanaMama]

23. I'm all for it.

And, the blowback would be quite entertaining, so there’s that.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

25. I'd like that. He suffered real consequences for the stand he took and never relented.

[DanieRains]

28. Split It With Doctors Who Ignored CDC And Tested For Covid In Washington

Nothing against Cap, one of my heroes, but they also need to be awarded for risking their profession.

[brush]

30. FYI: There are different categories. Learn pls.

Chemistry, economics, literature, peace, physics, or physiology or medicine.

Kap, IMO, should be a nominee in the Peace category.

Agreed?

[MichMan]

29. After it was given to Yassar Arafat for peace, I quit giving a damn about it

one way or another.

[brush]

31. That's up to you. Kapernick is not Arafat.

[pazzyanne]

34. He deserves to be recognized for his stand for civil liberties.

[sakabatou]

35. Oh, that'll make Trump blow his top

[Solomon]

43. Its apparently making some DUers blow

their tops as well.

[Demovictory9]

36. ..

[Tetrachloride]

37. Some background information

1. Nobel Peace Prize controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_controversies#Peace

1a. some peace prizes were actually snubs to other people
1b. some award winners did not live up to the high standards we dream of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi#Response_to_violence_against_Rohingya_Muslims_and_refugees


1c. additional controversy in Literature prize https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/07/nobel-winner-handke-avoids-genocide-controversy-in-speech


2. Current world population is 7.7 billion. Adult population is 5.8 billion. USA adult population 253 million

3. https://www.thoughtco.com/american-winners-nobel-peace-prize-3367759

21 Americans have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

3a. additional numerical info . https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-peace-prizes/

--------- Now we come to this year 2020.

4. https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/

There are 318 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, of which 211 are individuals and 107 are organizations.

5. Wikipedia Peace article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace

6. English definitions of "peace" . https://www.definitions.net/definition/peace

[Brother Buzz]

38. Don't just recommend, go ahead and nominate him

You're qualified to nominate him.

University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion; university rectors and university directors (or their equivalents); directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes are all qualified to make nominations.

https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/

After reflecting a bit, I'm guessing Dr. Harry Edwards is planning to market the idea to win support before he actually sends the nomination letter, which may prove to be a brilliant plan.

[brush]

41. I hope he does. Kap is the catalyst for a now global movement.

[Brother Buzz]

42. It looks like he's going to launch his campaign to sway world opinion when he visits Switzerland.

I love the idea of the orange anus stewing in his own juices when the headlines start appearing. Can you say, "Schadenfreude"?