> set of ideals held by many white southerners. I am a white southerner and have been for more than five decades, in all that time I have never met a single pe

> set of ideals held by many white southerners. I am a white southerner and have been for more than five decades, in all that time I have never met a single person who holds this view. I think if it was “many” I’d have encountered at least one in that time. Sure you get the random redneck flying a tattered confederate flag outside their broken down trailer, but ascribing an adherence set of ideal to a complex philosophical hero worshipping belief system is probably a bit of a stretch.