Legendary Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown lambasted anthem-protester Colin Kaepernick, saying he needs to act more intelligently.
\nHe also attacked his glaring lack of patriotism.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to give you the real deal: I\u2019m an American,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI don\u2019t desecrate my flag and my national anthem.\u201d
\nHe went on to criticize Kaepernick for lacking intelligence on two fronts. The first being that, working out social justice problems in America can be done \u201cin an intelligent manner,\u201d not by kneeling during the national anthem.
\nBut kneeling for the national anthem the way Kaepernick did last season as 49ers quarterback isn\u2019t how Brown would show leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to give you the real deal: I\u2019m an American,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI don\u2019t desecrate my flag and my national anthem. I\u2019m not gonna do anything against the flag and national anthem. I\u2019m going to work within those situations. But this is my country, and I\u2019ll work out the problems, but I\u2019ll do it in an intelligent manner.\u201d
\nThe second point Brown made in Kaepernick\u2019s unintelligent protest: You can\u2019t take money from owners and the league and then fail to respect their rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Legendary Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown lambasted anthem-protester Colin Kaepernick, saying he needs to act more intelligently. He also attacked his glaring lack of patriotism. \u201cI\u2019m going to give you the real deal: I\u2019m an American,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI don\u2019t desecrate my flag and my national anthem.\u201d He went on to criticize Kaepernick for…<\/p>\n