I grew up (and still live) in the area around Richmond. There were people in my class who genuinely believed and still argue that the Civil War was all about state's rights and had nothing to do with slavery, and that by displaying the Confederate flag they were doing nothing more than displaying their political beliefs of anti-federalism.

For the 4th of July there was someone who had a 13 colonies flag, four american flags, and two Confederate flags hanging from their house, just a block down from mine. I kind of wanted to punch them.