The above is is a perfect example of why it's a waste of time responding to rightie posts.
1. I never said I "hated" the Anthem, that's you putting words in my mouth. I said I don't see the point of playing it at sporting events. I bet you don't know the history of why it's played then.
2. I never said I "despised" the Pledge of Allegiance, once again you're lying about my actual words. I think the Pledge is okay for the military or those in government but should not be a requirement in schools or anywhere else. IMO there's no reason to start five- and six-year olds reciting words they don't understand in front of a flag. Twelve years of constant repetition makes it meaningless, as many people will tell you. We live in a free country, not a dictatorship.
3. Why shouldn't we all care about blacks and other people of color being oppressed? Kaepernick touched a nerve and made a lot of people uncomfortable with his honesty. He had a 1st Amendment right to protest and those people who forced him out of a job and then blackballed him are the exact people he was talking about. If you want to think nobody's oppressed in America, knock yourself out. You guys made Kaepernick a hate symbol for speaking truth to power. You were wrong then and you're still wrong now.