"Take A Knee" - It May Not Be A RIGHT

People on the left are under the mistaken impression that the rights we have as citizens are absolute. They are not. When an NFL player "takes a knee" to diss America, they try to claim they have a Constitutional right to do so, but that is not exactly true.

When you are on your own time, you absolutely have a right to take a knee. But when you are accepting pay from someone to work on their behalf, you do not have the right to take a knee - the only right you have while you are on someone else's dime is what your boss says you have. If the boss says you may take a knee, then he has given you the PRIVILEGE to do so, not the RIGHT to do so. And if the boss says you may not take a knee, then you have neither the right nor the privilege at that time.

When you are "on the clock", your boss has every right to suspend your rights while you are on his time. You have a right to bear arms - but NOT in the workplace if your employer says "no guns on the premises." You have a right to privacy - but not in the workplace if your employer wants to monitor you. You have a right to worship, but not on company time. You have a right to express your personal beliefs - but not when your employer says "not on my time", as your speech/actions can reflect adversely on him.

As a private citizen, you have rights. As an employee, your employer can  suspend many of your rights if those rights could reflect adversely on the employer.

So, NFL players do have a right to "take a knee" on their own time, but they do not have that right to do it on the field. Their employer may, at his or her discretion, allow them the privilege, but it is not a right. If the boss says you may not do something, but you do it anyway, your boss has every right to fire you.
Period.