Confederate flag not part of this debate

Let’s review the racist rant by the letter-writer of “Where is vitriol for Confederate flag,” Readers Write, Oct. 4. No. 1: Colin Kaepernick has never been banned from anything. No. 2: the protesters did malign the U.S. flag, our country, our veterans and our national anthem. He brings up the Confederate flag which has never been part of this discussion. Robert E. Lee was well respected in the North and the South before and after the Civil War. He discusses the KKK; again, not a part of this discussion. The Confederate flag is the mantra of hate for the NAACP. I would ask the letter-writer, where was the Confederate flag in any of the football stadiums? Learn to discuss one racial rant at a time.

HERMAN KISTLER, WOODSTOCK