http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag#History
...and it's been used for far longer for various other reasons. You can't just dictate what colour flags people use...and in any case, this wasn't about flags in the first place. This was about the Republican party colour being red, which you said they "didn't deserve" and that it "belonged in leftist politics", both remarks are absurd and untrue.
...and it's been used for far longer for various other reasons. You can't just dictate what colour flags people use...and in any case, this wasn't about flags in the first place. This was about the Republican party colour being red, which you said they "didn't deserve" and that it "belonged in leftist politics", both remarks are absurd and untrue.