Trump does not speak for me -- nor do his words espouse any kind of "litmus test" patriotism. I have a right to "protest" -- and every person in America has that same right.
For Trump to make "standing up for the flag" (his flag apparently) some kind of test for citizenship is anathema to the way Americans have thought since the beginning of our country. Trump once again has failed to understand basic principles and has put his own misguided and moronic interpretations out there as the "only way Americans should act." His "litmus test" for Americanism shows just how shallow and misanthropically strategic he is -- towards his own base, towards his purported support for his own party, for his unproven conservatism, and for his lacking humanity.
The reason why Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the playing of our National Anthem -- was to protest racial injustice, and the incidents of misguided police "over-policing and profiling" of black citizens. He has a right to protest -- we all do. And I have a right to join with athletes like LeBron James and others in labeling Mr. Trump a "bum."
Continue to "resist."
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