You conveniently left out the rest of the paragraph though....
"Even so, hearing the boos for the Star Spangled Banner pour down from the Bell Centre crowd hit me in the gut. My immediate reaction wasn’t full-blown anger, but it was at least strong disappointment. That’s something you just don’t do, have some respect, etc. were my inner thoughts. However, once I calmed myself and realized the boos were aimed at a particular political party (or philosophy, or leader), I became more accepting. I get it. The last decade in the United States has seen political division widen more and more. It’s exhausting, honestly, regardless of where you land on the political spectrum. Ironically, most of us are more centrist; it’s the vocal minority at the extreme ends that sow the discord in my opinion."
So the writer of the article gets it.....