The National Anthem becomes the Most Suitable Time of all

   It is said that when the National Anthem is played at NFL football games, that is not the time and place to protest.
   But, hold on. I'm not sure but what a careful consideration doesn't suggest otherwise.
   "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
   The NFL flag protest fits in there.  The players are petitioning government for a redress of grievances. Bless those of us who stand and salute when the National Anthem is played, but those who kneel are protected by the First Amendment -- or should be. They are protesting their grievances, asking the government not to wrongly assault or imprison black people. Their protest is -- in accordance with the First Amendment -- peaceful.
   Now, what of their timing? What of the fact they choose to protest during the National Anthem and while the flag is on display? 
   Stop, if you will, to consider that both the flag and the anthem represent the U.S and its government. If you want to address the government, choosing to address the images of that government is one way of going about it.
   If a person had a beef with a neighbor, and the neighbor walked into the room, it would be a natural time to discuss the beef with the neighbor. 
   Even so, when the symbols and images of a government come on display, then it becomes a natural time to raise your voice if you have grievances against that government represented by those symbols and images.  
  So, though we speak of how the National Anthem is not the time and place, perhaps it it. Perhaps it is the most natural and suitable time of all.
  If the Constitution give us the right "to petition the Government," that means that when the government walks into the room, so to speak, we have the right of petitioning it with our grievances.
   The performing of the National Anthem becomes the most  natural time to protest.
   Maybe we shouldn't impose fines when players protest, for the Constitution has their back. If we don't want to deprive them of their Constitutional right, we should let them petition government for a redress of their grievances at that moment in which it is natural to petition that government for a redress of grievances.