Thomas Peele: Kaepernick is First Amendment hero

Colin Kaepernick's a hero.

Dissenters almost always are.There are simply few single acts more patriotic for an American than reasoned dissent from the status quo of governance. (Claiming troops are hiding under a Walmart about to seize private guns, invading a National Wildlife Refuge in the name of liberty or claiming the president's a Muslim terrorist are not among them).But refusing to stand for the national anthem in support of oppressed people is. Of that there's no doubt.Kaepernick's struck a First Amendment nerve. Keep hammering it, Colin. Others with the bully pulpit of celebrity should, too.While his critics foam at the mouth about love of country and what they claim is disrespect, Kaepernick's pointing out that people who aren't fed up with police violence should be.