Yes, you read that headline correctly. Seems that GQ is doubling down on social justice stupidity these days.

This is GQ’s explanation for this “honor”.

Much has changed in the four years since Colin Kaepernick was last on the cover of GQ. Back then he was a rippling superhero of a quarterback on the rise. But a simple act—kneeling during the national anthem—changed everything. It cost him his job. It also transformed Colin Kaepernick into a lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and resistance.

And then there’s this video.

Awwww…isn’t that sweet? Yeah. NO. Check out his team of dubious characters 

Wait, what?!! He’s the new Muhammad Ali now, as if THAT will “reclaim the narrative of his protest?” Yeah. NO. You can read the entire article here. The reaction to this news has been mixed.

Racist White People right now when they see Kaepernick got Citizen of the Year for 2017 pic.twitter.com/JaJueNrISO

— D.T. (@Darlene26811165) November 13, 2017

Gosh, so nice. NOT.

Nobody is more deserving of Citizen of the Year than Colin Kaepernick, a true American hero who sacrificed his career to fight white supremacy. https://t.co/iRIbhlAaaz

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) November 13, 2017

Sacrificed his career? Hardly.

People like Colin Kaepernick, who make a major sacrifice in order to stand up for equal rights, will NEVER be judged poorly in the chronicles of History.

GQ clearly understands this as they name him Citizen of the Year

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) November 13, 2017

Meanwhile, others are calling out the fallacies and farce that this “honor” is.

GQ Magazine named Colin Kaepernick its "Citizen of the Year." A man who is unemployed and once wore socks depicting cops as pigs. Welcome to America in 2017. pic.twitter.com/xEvDvYfUm7

— Cloyd Rivers (@CloydRivers) November 13, 2017

https://twitter.com/Hoosiers1986/status/930082156088582145

The rest of us recognize you as a #VirtueSignaling loser

Bravo! https://t.co/PGPb8Rf160

— Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) November 13, 2017

Exactly.

A citizen is one who contributes to bettering society. One of the ways to do so is by voting. Yet Colin has never voted and, in fact, urged people to SKIP voting in last year’s election!

That’s a negative contribution in my book.

Colin CHOSE to walk away from his contract instead of working harder on the practice field to improve his failing stats. In other words, the San Francisco 49ers didn’t dump Colin Kaepernick, and the NFL hasn’t locked him out of the league as GQ claims. Colin dumped the team AND the league when he walked out on his contract.

That’s not the model I’d want to follow, would you?

Colin and Linda Sarsour are a mutual admiration society. Who is Linda? We’ve written about her several times. Including the time that she called for jihad against America. And today, this is what she’s up to.

Linda Sarsour to talk about how antisemitism is awful

Irony is dead pic.twitter.com/zcieTEe0rK

— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) November 13, 2017

@benshapiro Working title: "We're Not Anti-Semites—It's Just That We Hate Israel & The Jews"

— John Hakes (@johnny_hakes) November 13, 2017

Pretty much. So, what’s that saying? Oh, yeah. You’re known by the company you keep. Colin keeps company with some pretty shady individuals. Definite Citizen of the Year material, right? WRONG.

But, hey! Colin sparked a movement with his NFL Anthem protest! It’s all good because, you know, he’s protesting against the MAN or something. Except he hasn’t done a damn thing to try and fix any of the issues. Oh, and don’t forget the fact that his protest really wasn’t about racism. It was about this country.

Don’t forget he’s a fan of Che and Castro.

Don’t forget that while he rails against police brutality and wears cool t-shirts, he wants us to ignore that Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown to name a few were criminals AND the instigators of the incidents that led to them dying.

Let’s wear “cops are pigs” socks. That’ll win friends and influence people for good…right? WRONG.

The NFL has a massive image problem that the league and Goodell created when they let Colin and others have their little temper tantrums. Now viewership and attendance at games is down, and the owners are throwing hissy fits about Jerry Jones when they should be throwing Roger Goodell out of the building.

All of this because Colin Kaepernick kneeled for attention and then threw a tantrum and walked off the team because his “protest” was an abject failure.

Is that Citizen of the Year material? No. Not by a long shot.