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What’s shameful is the vitriol toward national anthem protest

Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, from left, Mike Wallace, former player Ray Lewis and inside linebacker C.J. Mosley kneel down during the national anthem.
Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, from left, Mike Wallace, former player Ray Lewis and inside linebacker C.J. Mosley kneel down during the national anthem. AP

The prodigious volume of hypocrisy coming from the right has exceeded my expectations. The lack of even a rudimentary comprehension of the Constitution doesn’t deter many on the right from disgorging hateful vitriol when others engage in peaceful protest.

People threatening to exercise their Second Amendment rights in order to suppress someone’s First Amendment rights aren’t patriots. They’re traitors to the governing principles of the republic.

Kneeling before one’s God in silent dissent of a flag that doesn’t equally and fairly represent the entirety of a nation is a guaranteed right. And those who were indoctrinated into standing and swearing allegiance to a flag are also guaranteed that right. Murica.

Benjamin Teal

Columbia

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