This gets much closer to a truth than Casper does. I get it -- I just think it is poor tactics.  Call me naive, but I still believe that the average open-minded American believes we have a framework for progress, (e.g., bill of rights), and when people stop believing in the flag and the anthem, we have nothing.  Anarchy.  Anarchy never benefited the poor and downtrodden. The people marching to oppose racism and other forms of injustice should wrap themselves in the flag, not oppose it.  That was the genius of MLK.