Then make a counter-argument on the issue that Kaepernick is highlighting. Instead you make it all about Kaepernick by telling everyone that you're speaking out against him. Not once do you make even a passing reference to the point of Kaepernick's protest. By making it about the "protester" you make your critics' points for them. 

Just curious...how do you feel about Muhammed Ali's refusal to be inducted into the Army? How about Tommy Smith and John Carlos?