Starting to think this was by design. Youth/opposition will not rebel with a legal drug. The same controlled opposition effect applies to symbols. A banned symbol only servers to fuel the angst of the manufactured alt-right group. This helps the ADL track individuals by having them voluntarily group themselves into this group by using this symbol. Another useful cog in the western analog of the Hindu caste system.
It becomes completely obvious when you see controlled figured like Jordan Peterson, who took Timothy Leary's position at harvard, being tied to this animated figure and if accepting it with open arms.
Besides, crocodiles are superior. Especially one equipped with a knife.