A man who referred to himself on Twitter as Mustard uploaded to images of himself that showed him lighting a pair of Nikes on fire while he wore them.
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\u201cMy name is #Mustard and I stand for the #flag and to honer @bigandrich and their Soundman & the Prresident I am going to burn my #Nike shoes!!!!!!!!!\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\u201d
However, the man behind the viral tweet, Phil Braun, revealed that the entire incident was fake. Turns out that the feet photo is a stock photo. However, it's unknown if Braun actually set his shoes on fire.
Braun spoke with The Daily Dot about the images, saying:
"I am satirizing those on the right who are protesting Nike in this case, by mocking their form of 'protest.' The fact that people think this is something that might be real is quite telling about our society right now. My post is really more of a commentary on how stupid I think they are, by pretending to be stupid myself. I fully support Colin Kaepernick’s right to protest, and support his cause to create dialogue about race."
However, this image of someone who cut the Nike logo off their socks seems to be very, very real.
\u201cOur Soundman just cut the Nike swoosh off his socks. Former marine. Get ready @Nike multiply that by the millions.\u201d
— John Rich\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@John Rich\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1536015769
