Ironically, [Colin] Kaepernick has been accused of disrespecting an American flag that was long ago replaced by the Confederate flag for millions of white southerners. Those who hoist the Confederate flag indulge in romantic treason -- since it is the emblem of secession from our country -- often at, or on the way to, American football stadiums. He is said, too, to dishonor military veterans, though it is hard to see how, since the very freedoms for which they fought guarantee Kaepernick his dissent.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, What Truth Sounds Like, p. 248
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