Qball: That's a good question. I also don't quite see how certain people can get bent out of shape by seeing an athlete choose a different method of saluting the flag, yet see no issue with police committing homicide against minorities. I guess it's in one's priorities, who and what matters most. The majority of people would think an act that hurts no other person but might be considered disrespectful to one's national flag pales to suffocating another person in the street... but that minority that get angry about a knee to the turf but not a knee to the neck are kinda vocal of late.