Recently, quite a number of famous sports players have decided to "Take a Knee" towards the flag, instead of standing to salute it. The idea of taking a knee as a sign of respect was originally used when football players were injured during the game. In order to ensure fair play, as well as to show respect for their injured teammate or opponent, all the players would get on one knee until play was resumed. Recently, a foot ball player named Colin Kaepernick began to "Take A Knee" as a protest agianst racism and social inequality, and now many famous people have taken it up. This has not met with unanimous support from all quarters, including President Trump. Although this is a truly peaceful protest in accordance with the Bill of Rights, the article "The Choice Between Kneeling and Winning" from the New York Times says that this is not the best way to protest. I would recommend that everyone reading this take a moment to read the article. Having done that, I would like to start by saying that I do not agree with the writer that a better way to protest can be found. According to the Bill of Rights, peaceful protest of the people for a redress of grievances is lawful, and even recommended in some cases. Also, there is a law that says that you must stand for the flag, but there is also a law that says that you may not wear any materials in the pattern of the American flag. However, if you look around on the 4th of July, you will see any number of shirts, ties, and hair ornaments with the pattern of the American Flag. This is not to say that breaking the law is acceptable, but that in this case it is more a question of respect. If it is acceptable to wear the pattern of the American flag as undergarments, is it more irreverent to kneel to it as a form of protest to show awareness to the vice in the world and a wish to show others?
This is in response to Moshe Eskenazi's thoughts on climate change . I agree with you entirely. I believe that the recent hurricanes are of much more importance to us here in Texas, to the people in Puerto Rico, and to the people in Florida than new tax laws or birth control debates, at least for right now. I also believe that the politicians who are in power currently have consistently proven that they are only worried about their next campaign and getting votes. I think that the Trump campaign is mostly worried about keeping their people in office, and so they are only talking and trying to pass laws which benefit their cause. They know that most people think that there is nothing that can be done about preventing the natural disasters, so they don't bother to even bring it up. I think that this falls under the "Non-governmentally-educated people voting" heading, and it's something that could be rectified if everyone were taught the basics of Gove...
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