Original Confederates would have nothing to do with so-called White Nationalists. They had far more class than these clowns/agitators. They would be appalled at the co-option of the Confederate battle flag to use.
“Original Confederates would have nothing to do with so-called White Nationalists. They had far more class than these clowns/agitators. They would be appalled at the co-option of the Confederate battle flag to use.”
Interesting take. Harry Turtledove explored that very idea in his alternative history novel “Guns of the South”. In his story, original confederates were indeed appalled at some racist time travelers who were intending to help the Confederacy win so they could create a racist empire. In the book this angered Lee deeply.
An excellent expose of this is referenced recently in D’
Souza’s “Death of a Nation”.
D’Souza exposes that President Wilson proudly played the second klan’s favourite movie “The Birth of a Nation” (from the book of the same name) produced and made by DW Griffith— Wilson, big D democrat white supremacist (for real) that he was— proudly played this movie in the White House. To support the northern and southern (and western) klan democrat machine. It is an eye-opening segment of the movie. The ruse the democrats maintained for all these years right through LBJ— to keep up the gubmint plantation and keep stranglehold on power. Danged interesting.