Kneeling during the national anthem and claims of disrespect

[BmorePat87]

(07-26-2020, 03:16 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: But we all do exactly that every day.  How does "x" make me feel is at the core of human interaction.  If you forget someone's birthday you're going to hurt their feelings even though that was never your intent to do so.

The difference is that in your example your action directly impacted the person as it was their birthday. In this case, the person upset is an outside party looking in, trying to insert themselves into the motives or nature of the party acting, despite not being remotely involved in it.