The point of a protest is NOT to be respectful of the thing you are protesting. It’s generally not deserving of such, as is the case here.

I don’t get “the flag represents the people who died for our freedoms.” Yeah, those people died for white people’s freedoms. Take a look at how black WWII vets were treated, take a look at what “freedoms” they protected all the through the 60s. Take a look at how GI bills only gave benefits to white soldiers. Take a…

This is also another one of those situations where a person will be chastised for not respecting “the country and troops, who gave them freedom.” Because suddenly expression and protest aren’t among those freedoms.