"It is particularly funny to claim that the RATS are the ones who hate the South when it was the Southern RATS..."
You are confusing your Rats. Them Rats and these Rats are two different kind of Rats.
The Rats that hate the South now are the Rats of radical socialist, big government and mulitcultural theology, mixed in with some anti-American pretext.
The South now is one of the most vibrant economic areas of the world, with cultural depth basked in Family, God, and Country. It is these values that are under attack now, not the symbol of the Confederacy.
Not by me, my family is all from the South. Those Southerns willing to come over to the GOP are welcome. When I was a kid that was called the N#gger Lover's party. Anyone willing to reject the RAT racism and stand up for American values is a welcome ally.
RAT actions are consistently anti-American in 1861 and 2006.