It seems that everyone agrees that the NFL players have a right to kneel. What seems to be lost on so many is that the people who disagree with them have the same right to voice their opinion. Protected freedom of speech is a two-way street. NFL players can kneel and people who disagree with them can boycott. That is not a hard concept to understand.
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Letter: Freedom is two-way street
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