I'm with you on all counts, amigo. America is great because we allow this type of freedom. It'd be another can of worms if any NFL bigwigs terminated contracts over the kneeling, or even threatened to punish the players, but the exact opposite thing is happening. imho, this looks like Trump rattling the cage of his base in an effort to distract them from his failures and specifically to mobilize voters in Alabama so his guy (Mr. Strange) wins the Congressional election. Either 1) Absolutely no thought was given to the long term consequences of also continually energizing Trump haterz, or 2) There's no reason for him to care about the long haul because Bob Mueller. And btw, when the FBI picks Manafort's locks to bust into his house at 5 AM, that doesn't seem like a de-escalation of a "witch hunt" to me. The only thing that surprises me in your post is the word "young". I haven't met any young folks on board with Lord Dotard and his authoritarian tendencies, but maybe I'm just not privy.