>>Ok I'm going to attempt to get this though your head one last time. THERE IS NO DISRESPECTING OF THE FLAG GOING ON HERE. THEY ARE NOT PROTESTING THE FLAG!!!! What part of this do you not understand???

I have this habit called "reading" that I value more than parroted revisionist clap trap. So, I "read" for myself what Kaepernick said in real life to explain his actions. Here it is:

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color."

While you choose to focus on the second part, the second part is an explanation for his willful disrespect for the flag.

In case there's a revised definition of "disrespect" then unsurprisingly it means "lack or respect or courtesy" where "respect" means "a feeling of deep admiration" and/or "due regard for the feelings and wishes of others."

Perhaps your SHOUTING is justified by belief that nobody's feelings or wishes are affected by the lack of respect or that "showing pride" is wildly different from "feeling of deep admiration" for the flag. However, on purely definitional grounds

NO MATTER HOW LOUDLY YOU SHOUT, IT'S A TRUISM THAT HE DISRESPECTED THE FLAG.

You may think it gets a pass because you agree with the reasons, just as you seem to believe it's OK to disrespect other posters on UT if you think you occupy the moral high ground, but I disagree on both points. In fact I'm sorry to address you in similar fashion to the way you address me and I won't show you further disrespect by "attempting to get this through your head one last time" or asking "what part of this do you not understand???" which are standard disrespectful behaviors from you.