You mean towards slavery? Why shouldn't we think that?
Lets note forget that the Black codes, prison lease system, and Jim Crow laws instuted by Democrats continued the vestages of slavery and racism for 100 years after the Civil war and all had to be stamped out by REPUBLICANS like a brush fire.
The South was dragged kicking an screaming into abolition....for a very long time.
I think that removal of civil war monuments and grave site desecrations are treasonous acts of moral cowardace.
But my support for Historical monuments and freedom of expression in flying the North Virginia battle flag DOES NOT equate to support for The confederacy.