I'm reminded of people in my personal life who feel like it's the same as disrespecting a religion, but I'm still not finding the logic here.
There's a lot of different ways to protest, and every single one that inconveniences people like traffic blocking raises a huge amount of ire. I don't agree with those people, but I get why they're mad. But kneeling during the flag hurts literally no one. I'm getting so angry just thinking about the reasoning of these people.
And the military community whining about this feels supremely self-important to me and duplicitous. There are plenty of vets who are OK with it, the ones who aren't just don't care about the cause they're kneeling for. It's not about the flag, they just don't care about black lives.
My parents are black so they support the protest, but if anyone here knows anyone with a perspective on the other side, I'd love to hear it. I just can't wrap my head around these overwrought reactions to simple kneeling during the anthem.
There's a lot of different ways to protest, and every single one that inconveniences people like traffic blocking raises a huge amount of ire. I don't agree with those people, but I get why they're mad. But kneeling during the flag hurts literally no one. I'm getting so angry just thinking about the reasoning of these people.
And the military community whining about this feels supremely self-important to me and duplicitous. There are plenty of vets who are OK with it, the ones who aren't just don't care about the cause they're kneeling for. It's not about the flag, they just don't care about black lives.
My parents are black so they support the protest, but if anyone here knows anyone with a perspective on the other side, I'd love to hear it. I just can't wrap my head around these overwrought reactions to simple kneeling during the anthem.