The effort illustrates the extraordinary importance that the Left places on the control of symbols. By preference, a good Marxist symbol should represent the very opposite of its counterpart in reality because its foremost goal, in common with unscrupulous Mesmerists, is to emasculate the mind.
In the same theme, I wonder how long it will be before the ACLU demands the removal of the white crosses that blanket the burial grounds of our fallen heroes in Normandy.