What's more disrespectful: Confederate flag waving or kneeling, the pole

That's not what is has become. That's what it was since the first day it was conceived. It didn't undergo some transformative process from a symbol of hope to a symbol of racism. It's always been a symbol of racism.
you are right. i won't dispute that.

i'm just trying to point out it was merely a flag. it was used by a bunch of ignorant butt crevasses that at the time, were stupid. unfortunately after the fact, even more ignorant dumbarses used it to the extremes.