Quote Originally Posted by Hothir Ethelnor View Post
I found it amusing that there are African American reenactors who are portraying confederate soldiers.
Why not? They are simply being historically accurate. And many of them can trace ancestry that way.

I am not sure if it's cluelessness or a bold step towards overcoming personal prejudice but I haven't found it to be a big deal (confederate pride that is) amongst the black people I know. (I prefer to say black vs African American because AA sounds as though they are still foreign in some way.)
It's not a "big deal" among most whites, either. Just some - of all groups.

I find it helps to study the history of the people and what they really fought for and the actual implications of various things on people's lives at that time before making sweeping accusations and furthering more than a century of prejudice.
Exactly.

Slavery is an inherently monstrous and inefficient system that inevitably leads to loss rather than gain for all parties.
Sure. No question. But that was not the view of most of the world a couple of centuries ago. (And some of the world even today.)

I find myself more aligned though with the arguments presented for the Confederate position in history than for the Union by force practiced by the north.

As to the confederate tartan? I probably wouldn't get a kilt in it simply because I have a host of other tartans that are much higher on my list.
Concur. But this discussion is out of place in this forum, imo. I shall now go silent on the subject.