In this new political world, politicians are encouraged to desecrate the flag and criticized for putting America first.

'Any reason he can conjure to remove the flags I find ludicrous,' the president of the campus College Republicans chapter wrote.

'This is how a football team should make an entrance,' as one social media user put it. 'No kneeling here America.'

Thankfully, there are still plenty of patriots who wish to honor the national anthem and, in turn, the country.

The teacher's tone in the video demonstrated that she was proud of the subversive nature of the message she gave the student.

'What kind of parent would allow their child to be taught by this wacko? Why are parents turning their kids over to someone they don’t know?'

A singer says the America flag is now the equivalent of the banner of the Confederacy and should be redesigned.

'I think that as long as they see Americanness as the same as one with whiteness, this is going to continue,' Gay said.