The South Carolina senate today took the first step to removing the Confederate flag that waved proudly for years above the statehouse with full legal protection for years—even as the nation mourned a racially-motivated shooting this month in Charleston.

Vague references to American tradition are all well and good when you’re just trying to move some madras shorts—but when you’re decorating your house you should make sure that the fantasy old-timey United States you’re worshipping isn’t actually fantasy old-time Confederate States of America. Just ask J. Crew CEO Mickey Drexler.

In this AP file photo from May 2000, activists watch, in front of the South Carolina Statehouse, as the Confederate flag burns; on the left, a Nazi flag has already been burned. The Confederate flag flew atop the statehouse’s dome until later that year.