You have a right to not watch. Absolutely. You have a right to tell Joe Ellis to go jump in the nearest lake.
But know this, too: The Broncos who kneel during the National Anthem do not unilaterally hate the troops. Nor the brave souls unseen, the real heroes, the ones who put their necks on the line for the Stars & Stripes every day.
It’s not a binary argument. It never was. And anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to buy your vote or your soul.
These Broncos, the ones prostrating in front of their bench, do not hate the flag.