I will never understand how kneeling in protest for the anthem is almost sac-religious, but when it comes to all the symbols of the Confederacy, you know the literal traitors who tore the country apart to enslave black people, it is "heritage" and "history". How is kneeling at the anthem less honorable than praising and honoring actual traitors? And why just the Confederacy? Why aren't we flying British, Spanish, and French flags in these same areas. The Confederacy lasted less than 5 years. British rule lasted hundreds of years. Where are all of the Union Jacks and Cornwallis statues?
I have never seen a single British flag flying the US yet I know what happened during the centuries of colonization and the Revolutionary War, as well as the War of 1812. How is that even possible?
On a related note, if Antifa comes up with a flag, do we have to fly that for the rest of our history? Do we have to build statues to them? Otherwise how will people know about that history?