History? Yes. Present does not match that history. We've twice elected a black president. The attorney general (highest law enforcement office in the land) has been an African American for 8 years. That oppression exists, but it isn't universal. There are pockets of the country that do it and those pockets need to be addressed, but the country as a whole has progressed dramatically in the last 50 years.

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Projecting your idea of what the flag represents onto someone else is pretty un-American, IMO.

Did you tell that to Colin Kaepernick, b/c sounds like exactly what he's doing, bruh.

It's all about perspective and how you choose to view situations. I like the way Ben Watson views the flag and America. Perfect? Far from it, but he believes in its ideals.

Ben Watson explains what flag/anthem means to him

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Posted by The Spleen

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Posted on 9/13/16 at 12:53 pm to bamasgot13

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the country as a whole has progressed dramatically in the last 50 years.

Absolutely, and I don't think Kaepernick would disagree with that. I think there are still some problems though, especially with how we police, which is the crux of Kaepernick's stance.

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It's all about perspective and how you choose to view situations.

Indeed. Me, I stand for the National Anthem, though I don't have much flag worship in me. It's just a piece of cloth to me, but I respect others that view it differently especially veterans of war. That's mainly why I stand up. But I understand Kaepernick's point and respect his right to choose to sit/kneel during its playing.

I watched their game last night and found it interesting the sideline reporter saying there were people in the crowd heckling and cussing at Kaepernick during the National Anthem. They're so angry at him over him disrespecting the flag/anthem, that they did it themselves.

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