No, it's the media that is doing the damage. Every one of them is a Northeaster, Urban dwelling, Liberal Democrat Union member in position to control what the public gets to hear.
They have a monopoly on the only effective communication system with the American people. They effectively deny freedom of speech to conservatives because they own the only means of communicating on a mass scale.
It's long past time we should be filing RICO and "contributions in kind" lawsuits against these liberal propaganda agents.
There are some bad southerners in the mix as well - Joe Scarborough being one of them.
You can blame this on a lot of things (and the elite media does play a large part in it) but it isn’t the northerners in southern states who are moving this in legislatures, is is southerners for the most part. I am sure there are some transplants pushing it, but the hands moving the levers are most likely liberal southerners.
Before you bite my head off, I disagree with this movement, root and branch.
I view the confederate flag as an indisputable part of American heritage, and the movement to dump it down the memory hole should offend anyone who believes in the freedom of speech unencumbered by political correctness via government actions.
Too many people think that allowing this is no big deal, but it is a big deal, because what is dear today, may tomorrow, due to political considerations, be deemed evil.
Nobody should wish to give that power to a government at any level.