“Once you get past that whole rebellion thing I’m sure they (southerners) were all sterling characters.”
This must be your dog whistle to attack rebels George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Southerners they were.
And it's your dog whistle to compare the Founding Father's with the Confederate rebels. Do you honestly think the motivation for Washington and Jefferson and Adams were in any way comparable to the motivations of Davis and Stephens and Lee? Really?