What is the controversy surrounding #takeaknee

[KevinM1]

Burning the flag is not burning the freedom ...it's exalting it.

"But honey, I had to beat you because I love you so much."

What is it with theists and shitty analogies?

A flag is an inanimate object.  It cannot be abused.  Furthermore, your analogy says a whole hell of a lot about you, none of it good.

Well, the whole point of a protest is to discomfit the complacent, now isn't it?

Again, time, place and context are important. Would they have done these antics on 9/12/01? No, because for at least a short time, it became crystal clear that it meant something to be American. And we were proud of it. It's not about what we are now, or were long ago, no country is perfect or has a spotless history, but rather what we aspire to be. America, is not and never will be a utopia. And that simple fact is not enough to make it right or proper for every yahoo and ingrate air their pet grievances during displays and rituals of national unity. The list of grievances could be endless such as:

Foreign policy in Syria
The disproportionate suicide rates of white men.
The Holocaust of innocent unborn children
Date Rape
Don't like Trump
Don't like Obama
Save the Whales
VA hospital wait times
Animal rights
...

People pay money to watch games. They do not pay money to watch preachy scolds make them uncomfortable.

Protests only work if they're at least somewhat disruptive to the status quo.  And, really, white people's discomfort is exactly the fucking point.  So sorry you're uncomfortable.  At least people with your skin color aren't being disproportionately targeted, assaulted, and killed by the authorities for no real reason.

For as much as you masturbate to philosophy, sometimes you don't really think.