150 years has done nothing to dent the pride of white Southerners, which is understandable.

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"........the Stars and Bars now represents something much more than racial hierarchy. To most people who hoist it in their front yards, it stands for honour and tradition and the Old World chivalry of Gone With the Wind. They revel in its outrageous defence of vanishing values, its uncompromising statement against the decadence of modern life and the voluminous size of federal government. The Civil War is as potent to many white Southerners as the Blitz is to a Brit. Regardless of the historical reality, it is their finest hour. To take that away from them seems rather cruel."