Many times, I've noticed people who are demanding their rights may not understand the definition, which is: "that which is morally correct, just, or honorable; a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way." If we are going to protest against another's rights, while demanding our own, at least be logical, because we could lose the argument.
For instance, when we sign up to work for a company, or the military, they have rights too. They are morally, and often legally, allowed those rights. If we don't like them, don't work for them. If we find them unjust, we have the right to leave. When I worked for Disney, they had a dress code. Sometimes people grumbled about it. But Disney wasn't breaking any moral or legal code by demanding it, and we had the right to work elsewhere.
Additionally, if people don't want to respect our flag, or stand for it, it's their right to do so. Just as our goverment has a right to demand military personnel obey the flag rules or pay the consequences. A sports player has the right to sit during our national anthem, but a company has the right to take away their endorsements, because they feel they didn't uphold their moral, honorable, or legal end of a contract.
On a personal level, it's no different then when our children, acting out on their perceived rights, generally discover, sometimes the hard way, they weren't going to supersede their parent's rights.
Also, "free speech" doesn't mean it's often moral, honorable, or legal either. That's the problem with our world today. Many don't speak to others, or treat others, with the same respect that they wish for themselves. Most act out of impulse without considering the repercussions.
So, it's okay for people to demand their rights but in doing so we have to understand there are consequences.
Are we willing to pay them?
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