I didn't take anything out of context. There are at least ten different photos of Serena Williams, in different poses with the U.S. flag on the ground. In a couple of the photos, the flags of France, United Kingdom, Australia and the U.S. are all seen dragging on the ground. Celebrating something is not a reason to drag any flags on the ground. Celebration is certainly not a reason to drag the U.S. flag on the ground.
And then mabelkitty wrote; (2) Therefore, your diatribe should actually be directed toward the Art Director and Photographer for deliberately setting her up for attacks such as this.
My diatribe, (:>). Any criticism of "the Art Director and Photographer" takes second place to criticism of Serena Williams, unless you can prove they physically threatened her or her family, e.g., pointed a gun at her head and told her to pose with the U.S. flag on the ground, or else. You can argue that the people that set up the photo shoot caused the flags to be on the ground, but Serena could have stopped that at anytime and told them to change it. I don't see any evidence of conspiracy by the photographers to compromise Serena, but I do see Serena sitting on the flag and have read what her father said, according to news reports.
(3) then mablekitty wrote; She is very young, focused, and may not have been aware at that particular time that she was causing distress.
Ah, yes, the giddy youth excuse for followed by the evil paparazzi excuse as mablekitty wrote; Not unlike Princess Diana when she was asked to stand in front of the sun so her skirt would be see-through. It was a deliberate attempt to embarrass her.
I hold myself and all my fellow Americans including Serena Williams to the same expectations and standards, and clearly, some people have lower expectations of Serena Williams than I do.