Oddly enough, history can be a little tricky when it comes to actual facts.
YouTuber CGP Grey explains the history of the controversial flag and its misattributed past. As it turns out, the age-old banner of the South during the American Civil War was never actually an official flag of the Confederacy.
So maybe all this debate is a moot point considering it is widely considered to be a modern-day symbol of racism.
The more you know.