I'm not using sleight of hand or suggesting an equality between murder and non-violent protest. It is possible to believe that unfettered police brutality and

I'm not using sleight of hand or suggesting an equality between murder and non-violent protest. It is possible to believe that unfettered police brutality and regularly killing unarmed civilians without consequence is a horrible thing AND to believe that standing during the anthem during a game is an inappropriate way to address said horrible thing. Your argument appears to boil down to 1. This is horrible 2. We should do something 3. They did something 4. They are correct The set of all things which are acceptable is not the set of all things. It's not even the same set for all people. Just because someone doesn't believe the same things as you doesn't make them wrong; it doesn't make them right, either, but it doesn't make them wrong. > if racists or jingoists believe racist or jingoist things Maybe the most important point here... just because someone doesn't believe in the same ways to oppose something as you doesn't mean they don't think it should be opposed. It doesn't make them a racist and implying they are is a horrible thing to do.