Anyone that looks at a symbol and assumes what it means to you is an asshole.
People can look at your symbol and be offended, or be reminded of traumatic events (swastika), but humans are fascinating, deep, beautiful and awful creatures and it’s always a bad idea to assume you know why someone else is doing what they are doing.
I DO believe that there’s a correlation between hyper-patriotism and hyper-aggression here right now, but I hope it’s a passing trend.