@yaxu what looks like cognitive dissonance to you and me can be easily explained on their part as just having a different set of baseline assumptions. For example, 2 does not contradict 1 if you believe that racism is only the act of an individual doing or saying racist things to another individual. Or if you believe that 2 is simply dangerous grandstanding that does no anti-racist work.
@darius Well in the first one they say they don't have a position on 'taking the knee' and in the second way they say it breaches their standards. They're both saying it is unimportant, and saying it's totally unacceptable.