I posed a question for these flag loving Trumpsters and they did not like it

[henryp]

The national anthem/flag have a lot of symbolism built into them for a lot of people.  That's been the case for centuries across the globe.  

People are confused at the hubbub, because for a lot of us, we just don't care.  I don't give a shit about the anthems. But all you have to do, is imagine something symbolically important to you, and then imagine someone used that occasion to stage a protest. 

If someone's kid died, and during the mother's eulogy, you took a knee for climate change awareness, you'd be an asshole.   That's an extreme example, but the national anthem/flag through a combination of sincere personal experience on top of centuries of tradition and a lifetime of indoctrination is going to get backlash even if the protest is legit.  (I thought Kap's was very justified.  I think this weekends events are mostly bullshit).

We don't stand at a funeral to swear an oath of loyalty to mothers, though. We've fought against many things that have centuries of indoctrination. Fealty to a country is a bit outdated.

I think what the flag represents to different individuals varies a lot more than just "Oath of fealty".  I think for a lot of people, it is similar to a eulogy for people who died in the military.  For others it may be an outdated oath of fealty.  For Kap, it represents a country that shits on people with his skin color.   

It's a very similar situation to the confederate flag, but this time it's predominantly the right is being whiny and the left being self-centered.