re: Eric Reid says he doesn't plan to protest during anthem, will take 'different approach'

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But I’ll say that the people that think it was about the flag prove my point about reactionary culture because they got caught up in the politicization of their protest.

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You can bang your head and shake your fist all you want. The fact is, if you want to start a movement then getting people to correctly understand the message of your movement is #1 of the list of priorities.

It was clear from the outset that, even if kaepernick and Reid were truthful when saying it wasn't about the flag/anthem, the message they were intending to get across was being misinterpreted.

Instead of finding another way to get their message out, they kept doing the same thing. And the message kept being misinterpreted. That in itself calls into question how genuine they were in saying it wasn't about the flag/anthem. But that's a different debate.

It simply cannot be argued that their method was ineffective and counterproductive because it led to their intended message being misinterpreted.

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It wasn’t about the flag but it was perceived that way because people saw kneeling during the anthem and then made a split second decision it’s wrong and blocked out all reasoning to why he was doing it (reactionary). It was politicized that way so that if you agreed with the kneeling you were labeled as a person that hated America.

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Not only did they choose a poor method. They chose a method that would lead to very strong disagreement and protest from a very large percentage of the people they claimed they were trying to reach. And they continued doing it, even after it became very apparent it wasn't working.

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They did accomplish their goal because a year later it’s still a hot topic of discussion.

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Them kneeling for the anthem is a hot topic.

Debate over whether or not they are disrespecting the anthem/flag is a hot topic.

Where is their supposed intended message a hot topic?