because it reveals how hypocritical they are, they don't even follow their stupid made-up rules about flag handling. Kapernick couldn't kneel before the flag, which is a respectful pose allowed by flag code, but they routinely stretch out the flag at sports games in flagrant violation of flag code. It's all of racism in miniature; a result which only applies to non-european people, and is harshly enforced despite being utter nonsense.
I used to be so weirdly patriotic. I still know the flag code.
As much as I hate patriotism here, I always feel a little bit of joy in pointing out all the ways patriots break the flag code... I'm not sure why
because it reveals how hypocritical they are, they don't even follow their stupid made-up rules about flag handling. Kapernick couldn't kneel before the flag, which is a respectful pose allowed by flag code, but they routinely stretch out the flag at sports games in flagrant violation of flag code. It's all of racism in miniature; a result which only applies to non-european people, and is harshly enforced despite being utter nonsense.