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<\/a><\/p>\nSan Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick is now more famous for his anti-American protests than for his career record. His kneeling during the national anthem has caused NFL ratings to drop and must be starting to affect his performance because he was benched in a recent game<\/a> after doing so poorly.<\/p>\n Perhaps his mind is tired from all the mental gymnastics he\u2019s doing to defend his beliefs. This was never more apparent than when Kaepernick was interviewed by a Cuban journalist for the Miami Herald<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Columnist Armando Salguero knows a thing or two about oppression. As a child living under the tyranny of Fidel Castro, his family was torn apart by Castro\u2019s guerrillas just as they were boarding a plane to flee to America. A rifle-toting thug decided on the spot that only two of them could travel, leaving Salguero\u2019s father behind and separated from the family for three years. Other family members were never allowed to reunite with them.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s just one of countless stories of the legacy of the Castro rule, as the journalist explains:<\/p>\n Cuba for more than five decades under the Castros has stifled practically any and all dissent. According to Human Rights Watch, \u201cCuban citizens have been systematically deprived of their fundamental rights to free expression, privacy, association, assembly, movement, and due process of law. Tactics for enforcing political conformity have included police warnings, surveillance, short-term detentions, house arrests, travel restrictions, criminal prosecutions, and politically motivated dismissals from employment.\u201d<\/p>\n Now go to Google images of the Ladies In White protesting on Cuba\u2019s streets. Kaepernick, the poster child for protest among NFL players, should do this. He would see images of women \u2014 white, black, mothers, daughters, sisters \u2014 systematically violated in one form or another by Castro\u2019s thugs.<\/p>\n They are harassed, spat upon, pushed and even bloodied simply because they are fighting to do in Cuba what Kaepernick does on an NFL sideline without fear or physical repercussion \u2014 just before he wears that Castro shirt to his postgame presser.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Everyone who saw Kaepernick\u2019s shirt raised an eyebrow that America\u2019s most notable hater was ostensibly supporting a brutal authoritarian. And in his interview with the quarterback, Salguero discovered the 49er thought quite highly of Castro:<\/p>\n \u201cI wore a Malcolm X shirt,\u201d he said\u2026<\/p>\n So I remind Kaepernick that Castro was indeed on his shirt.<\/p>\n \u201cI am a believer in Malcolm X and his ideology and what he talked about and what he believed in as far as fighting oppression,\u201d Kaepernick said.<\/p>\n That, by the way, does not answer the question. Kaepernick is evading as if my question is an NFL linebacker on a blitz. So I interrupt. \u2026<\/p>\n Are you a believer in Fidel Castro, who is also on that shirt?<\/p>\n \u201cIf you let me finish, please,\u201d Kaepernick requested. \u201cThe fact he [Malcolm X] met with Fidel to me speaks to his open mind to be willing to hear different aspects of people\u2019s views and ultimately being able to create his own views as far as the best way to approach different situations, different cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m hoping Kaepernick understands one should not make broad statements about standing up for people\u2019s rights, then slip into a Fidel Castro shirt, suggesting approval for a man who has spent his days on the planet stifling people\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s exactly the moment Kaepernick shows how lost he truly is. Because in the next breath, Kaepernick, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, explains to me, the guy born in Havana, how great Castro really is.<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing Fidel Castro did do is they have the highest literacy rate because they invest more in their education system than they do in their prison system, which we do not do here even though we\u2019re fully capable of doing that,\u201d Kaepernick said.<\/p>\n Is this real life?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As Salguero goes on to explain, Cuba isn\u2019t at all known for its literacy rate but more for its \u201cdungeons and firing squads.\u201d Not to mention how \u201cbizarre [it is] that Kaepernick is extolling the education system of a country where people believe launching out into shark-infested seas to flee is a better idea than staying there.\u201d<\/p>\n Then, Salguero reminded Kaepernick how Cuban\u00a0families\u00a0are routinely broken up and not allowed to leave together. The 49er didn\u2019t flinch and responded that the same is done to families here in America because of \u201cmass incarceration\u201d \u2014 something he likened to \u201cslavery\u201d and \u201cthe genocide of native Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n Salguero sat stunned and couldn\u2019t go on from there in the interview because Kaepernick was making the ridiculous comparison of \u201cthe breaking up of Cuban exile families by a dictator with people being sentenced to prison in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n Talk about a Hail Mary of logic.<\/p>\n I agree with Salguero\u2019s conclusion: Kaepernick is a fraud and an \u201cunrepentant hypocrite.\u201d<\/p>\n And if you\u2019re anything like me, you probably need a palette cleanser after reading all of that progressive lunacy, and I have the perfect dish.<\/p>\n Click CONTINUE to see Kaepernick get his just desserts<\/a> from a Cuban-American linebacker:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kaepernick is #7 in white and gold. He is sacked by Miami Dolphins\u2019 Kiko Alonso, #47, whose\u00a0game-ending play marked the 49ers 10th consecutive loss. Needless to say, Alonso, whose father is a Cuban exile, had a little beef with the Castro praising quarterback. Enjoy!<\/p>\n