K-pop star faced backlash for wearing 'vintage' Confederate flag shirt. His label apologized.

[Haggard Celine]

7. I was thinking about those tribal tattoos that used to be popular.

They get Japanese writing and other symbols on their bodies and don't know what they mean, or maybe they have a foggy idea of what it means. I just think this guy is young and he thought that the rebel flag looked cool, knowing nothing about its being offensive. Symbols are funny that way. I remember when I was a kid, my friends and I used to copy swastikas and other designs we saw. We were too young to know much about what a swastika stood for. These symbols have an effect on us that we don't really understand. Like corporate logos, they're a shortcut to the unconscious. They make an impression at first glance.