[Ronly Bonly Jones]

But if his ancestor fought to keep his fellow blacks in chains, both the ancestor--and he--is a moral idiot.
What if his ancestor fought to defend his home, friends, and family from an invading army that also happened to be unusually abusive of civilians? It seems to me that failure to act in that situation would itself be immoral.>>

All it would indicate is that your friend is unusually receptive to mindless neoconfedereate propaganda and has an uncommon fondness for identifying himself with those who sold his ancestors.

[GOPcapitalist]

All it would indicate is that your friend is unusually receptive to mindless neoconfedereate propaganda and has an uncommon fondness for identifying himself with those who sold his ancestors.

Not at all. He simply knows his history better than you do.