What is the controversy surrounding #takeaknee

[TheBeardedDude]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opini...ml?mcubz=0

He was not protesting the flag. He chose the national anthem as the moment to engage in his protest as a way of making a statement. You grossly oversimplify what the protest is and why the timing of during the national anthem was chosen.

edit to add: When Kap said: "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," he was discussing what the flag stands for (a country that is supposed to be about freedom and equality for all) and noting a specific example of how that representation is failing in a spectacular way with respect to minorities

I think our disconnect is that I think Kapernick's protesting the flag is justified and doesn't need to be hedged.  Because once you start spinning it, and making excuses, and writing opinion pieces saying what he really meant, and etc... you end up with the pile of meaningless shit we saw this sunday.

Except it still isn't the flag being protested. The protest isn't that superficial