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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
From what I've seen a lot of Southern folks take their past seriously - they are proud to be 'rebels', and I don't think most of them mean slaveowners.
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What's interesting is how confused much of the South is about their own history (disclaimer - I've only lived in the South - Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland (not exactly South, but close enough)). Heck, you can travel through West Virginia and see the Stars and Bars flown proudly on cars and in yards despite the fact that the Union state of WV was created when western Virginia seceded from Confederate Virginia in 1863.
Then the whole argument about keeping the Stars and Bars part of the state flags in some southern states. Hell, in GA it wasn't part of the state flag until 1955 in reaction to the rollback of Jim Crow laws in the 1950's.
The people in the South are really proud of their history/heritage, but they're not exactly sure why - a misfounded patriotism for the lost cause?