Times wires
Colin Kaepernick didn't let his promotion to 49ers starting quarterback blunt his political activism Tuesday.
Kaepernick struck back at Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who this week called the quarterback's national anthem protest "dumb" and "disrespectful."
"It is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court justice call a protest against injustices and oppression 'stupid, dumb' in reference to players doing that," Kaepernick said by his locker after speaking to reporters about taking over for Blaine Gabbert.
"I was reading an article and it refers to white critique of black protests and how they try to de-legitimize it by calling it 'idiotic, dumb, stupid,' things of that nature, so they can sidestep the real issue.