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One of the more ridiculous things we’ve seen over the past four years has been a push by the left, often abetted by nominally conservative outlets, to define certain symbols and images as being associated with one of their favorite bogeymen. We’ve seen the American flag banned from schools, presumably because the idea that the school was in America made it unwelcoming to illegal aliens in attendance. Sometimes the results are hilarious, like the claim that the “ok” sign made with thumb and forefinger is a secret shout-out to fellow white supremacists. An internet meme, Pepe the Frog, also sets their sphincters aflutter. Their campaign against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s battle flag has reached psychopathic proportions…again, they are assisted by some prominent pseudo-right publications in this particular effort. The purpose of defining the symbols has less to do with the symbols than attacking anyone associated with them.