Thread:Comments:US National Football League to fine teams if athletes kneel during national anthem/Why is Colin Kaepernick still relevant?/reply (2)

Re Snowden &mdash; the route he took is the one in which his sacrifice doesn't all go to waste. But, digression.

The form of protest chosen here would not have been my first recommendation; better to claim the symbols of idealism (flag, anthem) for one's own cause, rather than cede those symbols to the opposition and foster schism; but, once underway, the protest became a symbol in itself and at that point the best way to support the ideals would be to join the protest. That's especially true once the NFL took the action described in this article.