Calling someone a slur, or epithet is not the same as being “phobic” of the persons “identity.” Being called a “cracker” by someone does not indicate that they have an excessive and persistent fear of me – it means they are an asshole. That or they are a friend, and cracker is a term of endearment (sort of like the way that other words are used as terms of endearment in other ethnic groups).

Those that would call the Confederate American Soldiers "traitors" - I have some information that might be shocking to you. Regardless of how you feel, blanket amnesty and pardon were given to ALL Confederates between 1865 and 1868 by President Johnson - per the wishes of President Lincoln. So please - lets let these American Veterans rest in peace.

In their time, these men were not considered conservative, right-wing radicals. Indeed, the Great Experiment, as a product of its Age of Enlightenment, would see these men as far from conservative, and seen as liberals, bent on establishing Liberty and Equality for all. Since then through the Industrial Age, through globalization, two World Wars, a great Cold War, the Space and Information Age, to today the world has changed exponentially.