Colin Kaepernick Liked Fidel Castro Halfsies

Colin Kaepernick is trying everything he can do to win a single football game this year. Also, to stir up socially progressive controversy. He’s succeeding at one of those.

Kaepernick wore a friendly Fidel Castro t-shirt to a press conference back in August. A little shout out to the Cuban dictator that was missed by the mainstream press focused solely on his Black Lives Matters kneeling. Traveling to Miami this weekend to play the Dolphins, reporters questioned Kaepernick about his support of the Cuban dictator. Something relevant to the Miami residents who paddled ’56 Buicks across shark infested waters to flee Castro’s communist reign. 

Kaepernick’s kind words about Castro made him the biggest goat in South Florida, roundly booed at the Niners-Dolphins football game. Post-game, after yet another loss, Kaepernick clarified his remarks on Castro:

“What I said was I agree with the investment in education. I also agree with the investment in free universal health care, as well as the involvement in helping end apartheid in South Africa. Trying to push the false narrative that I was a supporter of the oppressive things he [Castro] did is just not true. I said I support the investment in education, I never said I support the oppressive things he [Castro] did.”

To reiterate, teaching poor kids, good. Assassinations, political imprisonments, censorship of all media and press outlets, and torture, not good. Mussolini made the trains run on time. Stalin had a sweet ass mustache. That doesn’t mean you don’t feel a little bad for the twenty million of his own people he shipped out to die in Siberia. Maybe you don’t lead with the positives.

There’s little upside in complimenting ruthless dictators. Unless you’re looking to build a bowling foursome with Sean Penn, Michael Moore, and Justin Trudeau. Hint, Sean Penn throws a gutter ball and beats the crap out of the rest of his own team. He’s got a little Castro in him. Also, HGH. Anything’s better than discussing losing your last eleven road games as a starter. Cool, my Pol Pot t-shirt arrived. I really admired his farming. 

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