Has kneeling ever been a sign of disrespect?

Since time immemorial people kneel in front of a monarch to be knighted or pardoned or as a show of respect right?

So, how come the same action is suddenly said to be disrespectful?

Imagine being furious with someone who has wronged you and whom you really wish to disrespect and you march up to him/her, kneel in front of them and yeah! you’ve really hit them hard with such a show of disrespect? erm, I don’t think so folks!

So, you know there is bias and racism, when a very humble show of protest (afterall there are other options like raising two fingers or mooning that could be very obviously disrespectful if that was ever the intent) by taking a knee during an anthem is suddenly put out there by biased individuals, to be a show of disrespect to the flag or anthem. It clearly isn’t

The UK’s Foreign Secretary (Dominic Raab) who is himself the son of an immigrant (his father moved to the UK from Eastern Europe in 1938) decided to deride the symbol being used by protesters to speak up against prejudice, inequality and bias, by stating he will only take the knee to his wife (when proposing) or the Queen. Well, he can do so the next time the national anthem is played then? Given the anthem is played as a respect to Queen & country, and the words are “God save the Queen…”. I shall be expecting him to take the knee at the next event he attends, whenever the anthem is played.

When you encounter individuals who come up with those excuses, you know those are folks who haven’t sat down to ask themselves the all important question: am I biased? would I be raising the same issues if those are white people taking a knee or protesting?

We all have some soul-searching to do…….