Free speech for thee, but not for me? You be the judge.

The Colin Kaepernick story has been well covered ever since he started his benchwarming career as a backup quarterback, and decided that it was a perfect time to start some social justice “activism” while keeping that bench warm.

It became the movement du jour, and now everybody is doing it… though they may not know quite why. It’s become like wearing an AIDS ribbon to an awards show in the 1990’s. All the cool people are virtue signalling!

And then the police shooting in Charlotte started a riot and looting. Enter Seattle Mariners catcher Steve Clevenger into the story.

Baseball player for the @Mariners, Steve Clevenger (@Clev_45) had this to say about BLM protestors. pic.twitter.com/4VRllnbvp0

— X (@XLNB) September 23, 2016

The statement that the team put out initially boded no well for Clevenger, who was already on the disabled list with a broken hand, and out for the rest of the regular season.

Statement from Jerry Dipoto, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations on Tweets from catcher Steve Clevenger. pic.twitter.com/1xWk6dy5ap

— Mariners (@Mariners) September 23, 2016