Petition To Ban X

This isn't a meme but I do think it is important that we talk about this as a community, as many others are doing at this moment.

Ever since our very first algebra lessons, we have been forced by the so called "mathematicians" and "educators" to accept X as the common and almost universal variable. This is utterly insane and deranged. Throughout our childhoods, we were taught that X meant multiplication, and so it should remain. I propose we replace X with an entirely new symbol, such as "+". It’s simple and elegant and would appease both sides by preserving the "X" shape but distinguishing it from multiplication by rotating it 45 degrees.

WHOS WITH ME?!