The upshot and my point is breeches of etiquette are born from ignorance, not necessarily disrespect.
I ask my kids "what's the difference between ignorant and stupid?". They know the answer - ignorant is when you don't know and do something idiotic; stupid is when you DO know.
To your point, entering a Japanese home without removing your shoes is ignorance the first time - the TENTH time, it's disrespect.
1. If this is actually about "cops treatment of blacks" - which I think many doing it are just pissed - then I don't see a reason for them to EVER stop.
There will ALWAYS be some instance where it happens, just as doctors will lose patients and innocent men will be convicted. It happens.
I think the cops and blacks has been HUGELY over-hyped and distorted, because the data points completely the other way.
2. If they want the attention from football FANS - they're making a huge mistake. When someone turns the channel because of vulgar behavior, they lose support.
You don't GAIN support by pissing off the people you need it from. And you can't beat them in the head with it to compel them to feel otherwise.
3. They are insulting the wrong people and doing it in the wrong venue. If you're against homosexuality and you're a church, you won't WIN anyone by protesting the funerals
of fallen veterans - who have nothing whatsoever to do with your issue. That's kind of the POINT of a protest - persuade others to agree. Spitting on people to make them agree
does not work.
4. Personally - I don't see the point for many. Taking a knee in support. It has the ring of that Simpsons episode where "Timmy" fell into the well, and celebrities wrote a song
saying they're "sending their love down the well" but never lifted a finger to actually DO something. Ditto lawmakers and others who "show support" by kneeling - and then go on
with their merry lives doing nothing more.
Football is off in our house and will remain off until the disrespect ends. They have freedom of expression - so do I.
If they want my support - find some other way.