Offending works both ways

I've heard many liberals say, "You don't have the right to decide what offends me" and "If my feelings are hurt, it's not up to you to invalidate my feelings."  I tend to agree with those sentiments.  Lately however, I've heard many of those same liberals claim that people shouldn't feel offended over the recent NFL National Anthem kneeling protests.  Ummm, I thought it was wrong to tell people how to feel or invalidate their feelings...even if you don't agree with the reasoning.  Another liberal claims, "You don't have the right to dismiss my feelings just because you don't feel the same way."  As the level of hubbub has shown, the number of people who find the protests offensive is not insignificant--it's millions of people, not just some tiny group of nutballs.  But yet liberals still seem to deride and dismiss those people's feelings by claiming they are "ignorant of the cause being protested" and rationalizing what people's feelings should be.  Seems a wee bit hypocritical to me.  If a person intentionally breaks from a patriotic tradition and social protocol, it's certainly within their right to do so.  Likewise it's not unreasonable that some patriots and members of that society might find the action offensive or disrespectful--regardless of the underlying intent.  Funny how liberals expect the world to be sensitive to what may offend them while simultaneously dismissing millions of others who are offended, just because they disagree.