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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 731249">I didn't say most.  I said 30%.Anyway, I think you missed the point.  He wasn't protesting the national anthem.  He was protesting during the national anthem.As with Elliot, what K. was protesting happened to be on tape, and the tape don't lie.You can disagree if you like, but you first have to understand what you are disagreeing with.Whether it's K. taking a knee, Smith and Carlos raising the black power salute in 1968, or somebody burning a flag or raising it upside down in the Vietnam protests, they are not protesting the anthem, the flag or against the country unless they happen to be revolutionaries espousing government overthrow.  Of course nowadays that's the of white militias..In these examples the individuals are are protesting against powers that have, in their opinion, corrupted the meaning of those symbols through injustice.So, in that light, carry on.</blockquote>

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