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Caution999 posted...

Saying "only racists were upset that they were kneeling"

Is just as bad as saying "the players are only kneeling because they hate this country"

Yeah, there is a disconnect between what some people think a symbol means to them and what the other side thinks it means to them. Add in the people who say that the national flag, for example, doesnt mean anything (its technically just cloth), then the issue becomes even more muddied. The weird thing is that a lot of the same people arguing that a physical symbol like the flag should garner no respect are also the ones who claim that certain words (which by their nature have no physical form and are just made up) have immense power, so much so that saying them can cause massive backlash or inspire great deeds.
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