Betsy Ross flag, bad. Human rights abusing countries like China and Turkey good. That’s the message from Nike and Colin Kaepernick. He always said that his kneeling during anthem “protests” weren’t about the American flag, but rather police abuse against African Americans. Turns out that was a total lie as Kaepernick found the Betsy Ross flag “offensive” and Nike pulled them because of that.
Yet neither Nike, nor Kaepernick have any problems with these same sneakers have the flags of China and Turkey on the hell. Those countries, notorious for human rights abuses are perfectly cool for Nike and Kaepernick. Of course we know Nike loves China since they use slave labor in China to make the shoes in the first place.
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While happily offering the Turkish flag shoes, for instance, Nike seems less interested that Turkey ranks as the second most restrictive country on gay rights.
Also, with countries such as Saudi Arabia and China playing in the Olympics, the Nike shoes that could be ordered featuring flags from those countries might also seem to be in violation of Nike’s newfound delicate sensibilities.
Just over a month ago, the U.S. Department of State slammed China for its human rights abuses, saying that the communist nation has a record worse than Stalin and Hitler’s.
Also, Saudi Arabia was recently lambasted by a large number of human rights organizations. Just last year, Amnesty International criticized the Saudi Kingdom and accused authorities of torturing and sexually abusing human rights activists.