Social Media Had Important Message About Colin Kaepernick After Elon Musk Purchased Twitter (TWEETS)

Colin Kaepernick is serious about wanting to return to the NFL, and he’s willing to be a backup quarterback if that’s what it takes to get back into the league.

A lot of fans from different fan bases would rather he never come to their team after he kneeled during the National Anthem in the midst of the 2016 season. Well, his name became a topic of discussion after Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion.

The CEO of Tesla claims he purchased the social media platform so he can protect free speech.

“By ‘free speech,’ I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law,” Musk tweeted. “If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people.”

A lot of folks on social media believe there’s a double standard when it comes to free speech.

Robert Reich tweeted, “So let me get this straight: conservatives love free speech for Elon Musk but hate free speech for Colin Kaepernick?”

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So let me get this straight: conservatives love free speech for Elon Musk, but hate free speech for Colin Kaepernick?

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 28, 2022

Should Musk buy the NFL so he can bring back free speech and Kaepernick won't be punished.

— Who's your cult leader? (@ComeOnM48634420) April 26, 2022

If Elon Musk & MAGAts really believe Twitter should be a free speech advocate, then every single day, every single one of them needs to tweet that Colin Kaepernick should get his job back.

Until they do, they are free speech hypocrites.#DemVoice1 #TakingAKneeIsFreeSpeech pic.twitter.com/xEYz5KD9m9

— LA Votes Blue in GA! #DemVoice1 ??? (@LALewman) April 28, 2022

Conservatives loved free speech for Elon Musk but hated it like hell when it was Colin Kaepernick, that's why I don't take conservatives seriously. lol.

— lib&smoke (@LibSmoke) April 28, 2022

Republicans cheer free speech by Elon Musk.

Absolutely decry free speech by Colin Kaepernick.

— Benedict Tя☭mp (@antitrumpactive) April 28, 2022

"I'm glad Elon Musk is buying Twitter because I believe in free speech." -conservatives

"Colin Kaepernick is a piece of shit for taking a knee and should be banned from the NFL forever." -same conservatives

You can't make it make sense. ?

— Tired. Dad. Writer. (@DaddyFiles) April 28, 2022

“I know I have to find my way back in,” Kaepernick told Brandon Marshall, Chad Johnson and Adam “Pacman” Jones in an interview with the “I Am Athlete” podcast earlier this month. “So, yeah, if I have to come in as a backup, that fine. But that’s not where I’m staying. And when I prove that I’m a starter, I want to be able to step on the field as such. I just need that opportunity to walk through the door.”

Kaepernick hasn’t played in the NFL since 2016, the same season he began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.

Kaepernick recently threw to undrafted receivers for NFL scouts at halftime of Michigan’s spring game. Kaepernick said he ultimately wants to win a championship after coming so close with the 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII but falling “one play away” in a 34-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

“I need to finish that. My mentality isn’t just to go out, ‘Oh, I want to compete.’ No, I want to win a championship,” he said.