Okay. That may be. I still start from the perspective that using the anthem as a protest is annoying to me, because it emphasizes non-respect if not more accurately disrespect.
I am acknowledging that if I agreed with the overall premise (isn't it that deliberate white racism, especially in law enforcement, has made the country so bad that its symbols must be disrespected until this is "solved," and implicitly that white people must be told that black lives matter because a) they don't know or believe that, and b) that racism is so rampant in USA that we must push BLM above the more balanced principle that all lives matter?), I would probably be less "offended." So, yes, just like probably all people, my opinion on the BLM message is intertwined in my reaction to anthem protest. Isn't yours?
I guess the prima donna reaction isn't really to these particular guys, or Kaepernick, but from a large number of small cuts. There is a general presumption that all college players on scholarship are being exploited and that even pro players are underpaid compared to the owners or whatever. Somehow, I transitioned from the feeling that star athletes were glad to have me watch and admire them to the idea that they think they are doing me a big favor.
