[DiogenesLamp]

Please clearly identify by name and work the historians who support your view of slavery, the Confederacy, and the Klan. The two that I am aware of who would support your views to any degree are Southerners who wrote more than a century ago — and even they would reject most of your views by placing the race issue at the center of the reason for the Confederacy.

"Authorities" on a subject can be useful, but after having seen so many of them just utterly wrong, like Dr Fauci and Birx, it is foolish to put your faith in "authorities."

If something is true, it doesn't matter if an "authority" says it is not. People who can think for themselves can see the truth without resorting to an "Authority."

[Rockingham]

If your opinions are well-grounded, there will be credible historians who agree with you. If you know of none, that bears against the soundness of your views and ought to be taken as a reason for reflection and reappraisal.