“A Confederate-American—then and now—is simply anyone who’s against big government,” he said. “We as Southern Americans just want to be left alone.” “Yeah, the South wanted to be left alone—to oppress people!” a long-haired man shouted. “It was not about slavery!” a man with a rebel-flag T-shirt barked back. “It was states’ rights!” “Exactly. The right to own slaves. Tear the statues and plantations down!” “Should we tear down the Pyramids because they were built by slaves? And what about Washington and Jefferson? They owned slaves. Should we tear down memorials to them?”
