I think we're going to start seeing what Coach Tomlin did ...
Too many every bleeding heart, conflict wanting "progressives" are trying to charge people who "stand" as "being against people who protest." You're "wrong" in their eyes for "not taking a stand." This is what has happened as the US media no longer covers what Trump does, but what they say he meant.
I like how Tomlin put it, that people who just want to respect the flag are now being drawn into an "us v. them" set of non-sense. "The Golden Rule" is no longer usable, because what one person does for one person or people, tend to offend one or more groups.
Hence why if you don't show up ... you cannot 'take a stand.'