As a son of the south, I’d just like to shout out to my southern brothers and sisters:

GET THE FUCK OVER IT. THE WAR IS DONE, THE CONFEDERACY LOST. SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY.

And to my American brothers and sisters who think The South is now and has always been a monolith, it just ain’t that simple. Plenty of southerners opposed secession and many enlisted and fought in the Union. 14 of my Great-Grandfathers Tennessee cousins fought in the Civil War, 7 for the Confederacy and 7 for the Union, 1 for both sides.

Life is complicated.