john scalzi seems to be both less tactful and much much funnier than i am. here is his collected writings on the confederate states of america. (he's not a fan, in case a person was wondering.)

WHATEVER: Speaking of Losers:

Apparently some 'Southern Heritage' site linked to one of my 'The Confederates Were Losers' screeds, which is precipitating another wave of good ol' boys to trot out their victimized wailings and send them to me in poorly spell-checked form. To forestall having the same argument over and over again, this would be a good time to trot out the various screeds I have on the subject in my archives and link to them, so they can read them all before sending their verbiage. So here they are.

(the rest is links and comments; go read.)