"Who decides what a symbol means? In a hierarchical organization like the Catholic Church, the clergy attempts to control meaning, although not always successfully. Trump seems to think that he is the pope of the NFL — only he determines what symbols mean."

This could only be written by a person who profoundly dislikes Trump.  But why does that dislike have any place in this discussion?  To curry favor among your followers, whom you know to detest Trump?  That's an illicit argument.  I detest Trump too, but that's beside the point.  Trump, as President, is within his rights to express what should be national outrage that the flag is being shown such disrespect, for that's what keeling undoubtedly is in this context.  

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