Yes, you read that right. The Christian actor was slammed for wearing an historic symbol known as the Gadsden flag on his shirt.

Pratt and new wife Katherine Schwarzenegger were spotted on a Los Angeles street earlier this week when a photo was taken. In the image, the actor is wearing a blue t-shirt with the Gadsden symbol of a rattlesnake over a US flag with the words "Don't Tread On Me" at the bottom.

Several social media users criticized Pratt for wearing the symbol. But they only found this out after Yahoo UK took a giant leap, calling Pratt's choice of wardrobe a "white supremacist" shirt in their story.

So in this case, you do have to consider the source—a British news website calling Pratt's t-shirt a "white supremacist" shirt because of the symbol on the front. That very symbol was used on a flag to rally unity when the American colonies were trying to win their independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War.

The flag of a coiled rattlesnake with thirteen rattles on a yellow background was designed by Christopher Gadsden, a Charleston-born brigadier general in the Continental Army. It's first recorded use was in October of 1775.

Benjamin Franklin even used the rattlesnake as a symbol in his publications dating as far back as 1751. Franklin was commenting on the British crown's policy of sending convicted criminals to America and suggested the colonies should send rattlesnakes to thank the British government.

As the American colonies came to identify themselves as free men rather than subjects of the British empire, different icons such as the rattlesnake, the bald eagle, and American Indian became popular symbols.

The rattlesnake symbol was also adopted by the Continental Congress in 1778 for the official Seal of the War Office (now the US Department of Defense). The rattlesnake symbol has been used by the US Army for more than 236 years.

The Gadsden flag is still flown in Charleston, SC, the city where Gen. Gadsden first presented the flag.

It has also been used as the symbol of the Libertarian Party and then later, the Tea Party and other conservative causes.

In 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the flag doesn't have racist origins but is "sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages in some contexts."

So according to our British cousins, does that mean all American conservatives are racist? Of course not. If a few bad actors misused the flag in a racist context, does that mean everyone who waves or wears it is also a racist? Of course not. Does it mean that Pratt is racist? Of course not. Even TMZ.com, a website known for "gotcha journalism" simply called Pratt conservative writing:

"Our take ... Chris wearing the shirt doesn't mean he supports white supremacy or anything else hateful or extreme, for that matter. He is, however, known as a conservative guy, and that's all there is to it." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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