Brand of Shame

Beethoven famously scribbled out Bonaparte's name on his third symphony and changed it to "Eroica".   Historians suggest this was out of disgust.  I normally don't comment politically, but after watching Obama's speech to congress, I realized the network was labeling some in the audience with a similar  brand of shame and disgust.  Open parenthesis, capital R, close parenthesis.  (R).