Look, they just spent 50 years getting people to associate the Stars and Bars with racism. They can't allow a bunch of Ukranians to mess that up by making people think that it stands for rebellion against a tyrannical central govt.
or maybe it's just fake news like you said.
“...they just spent 50 years getting people to associate the Stars and Bars with racism...it stands for rebellion against a tyrannical central govt.”
I think that needs to be re-emphasized. They even have Southern teenagers believing that.