Wrong Miss Thrope! Kaepernick exercising his rights is NOT the reason why he is being protested but the way he is protesting is what people protesting. There are infinite ways to protest but if you protest in the way that offends great many people, they will rise and protest back. What if,,,,for pure example sakes, Kaepernick is protesting by burning the Bible or burning the Koran. It is his Constitutional rights to do so right but people will protest this methods.  What if...for pure example sakes, Kaepernick is protesting by belittling the woman movement. He's still have the Constitutional rights but you will be hurling back with righteous anger in your protest, right? This once more bring me back to the basic tenant of what I wrote. No one questioning Kaepernick's rights to protest but everyone else also have to the rights to protest Kaepernick's method of protest. You don't understand that simple concept because you are overthinking this into an polar opposite equation.