I imagine if I was a heritage conscious Mississippian I'd have wanted to go back to the flag that existed at the time the state was established, not stick with something dreamed up by racist politicians in 1894. They didn't have that option on the ballot paper did they?

As for the rest of the world - in England the Confederate flag tends to be identified as meaning Country Music, and gets seen along with the Stars and Stripes. But it probably more popular as a decoration because it is so much prettier, all sparkly, but not as garish as the Union Jack. Not as pretty as the South African one though.

For evidence that the swastika in India could go the same way as the Nazi one, see old editions of Kipling, say from the 1920s, which has it on the cover along with an elephant. It's a real shame the way we mess up attractive symbols so they can't be used without giving people the wrong impression.