confederates

Not really the case with some of them.

I'm no Nazi or white supremacist. I'm merely a proud Southerner, and as I said before, we have a right to be proud, for in our veins is the blood of heroes.

DAMN IT KID, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SOUTH IS ABOUT! And by the way, some Confederate soldiers were less concerned about slavery and more concerned about the defense of their home.

Apparently, if you fought for self-determination in the 1770s, you were a Revolutionary War hero. But if you fought for self-determination in the 1860s, you were merely Rebel scum. And it was OK for the government to pave the way for the North to have industrialization, while FORCING the South to stay with agriculture and then FORCING the sale of that agriculture to the North instead of seeking better prices overseas. Oh... let's not forget that the stuff the North produced was so heavily taxed that it wasn't even affordable to those in the South.
Small wonder the South finally said "Screw this...we want outta here!"

Rebels aren't scum.

True, but that's not the point. Stop fixating on 2 questionable words, and concentrate on the general thrust of my comment.
Better still; since it looks like you can't (or won't) accept that someone else shares your own thoughts, just forget I said anything at all! Good luck in dealing with Iaonsite all by yourself!

I accept that people share my pride, and I'm grateful for that, but there's absolutely no excuse for associating the South with hate and racism.

Also, I'm not "fixating" on anything.

Quoting the King blood sucker? - We Draculs have a right to be proud! What devil or witch was ever so great as Attila, whose blood flows in these veins?! Blood... (laughs a bit) is too precious a thing in these times

No not really, I'm a direct descendant of a Civil War hero, Robert E. Lee.