[Howlin]

then we can rip down Confederate monuments and the signs off schools named after prominent traitors all over the South

They're already doing that.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

It kinda makes me want to put up the graphic of the guy with the "Aw, Geez" pained expression. 30 years ago, nobody gave a damn, and maintenance of school names and monuments was fine - and the image of the rebel was positive. On top of that, nobody pretended that slavery was good, or denigrated the ancestry of African Americans - we're too close to it, generationally, to be so damn rude.

All of a sudden, reenactors and historical revisionists pop up everywhere, and it becomes suddenly important to revere Confederate ancestors, and to pretend that the slaves didn't exist. If it weren't for that fouling of the well, any race problems would be that much further behind.

My motto is that if you honor the rebel, you have to honor the slave, and you have to understand if the descendant of the slave is less than pleased by the honor paid the rebel.

And I say that with men who served under John Hunt Morgan in my direct family line.