The problem with America is this ultra right-wing mentality of patriotism by linking kneeling during the anthem with disrespecting what they hold up as a holy relic, the flag, which is ignorant at best.  The majority of the people who had a problem with him and Mahmoud Abdul-Raul "disrespecting the flag" have never even served in the military but are quick to jump on their high horse to whine about something they imagine in their head is somehow disrespect. The irony is that the people in the military whom they attach the flag to are supposed to fight for people like Kaepernick and Abdul-Rauf to have that right to be respected for protesting issues which they believe in their heart is wrong, while the people whining about it are the ones who should be shunned.