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2. If that is the Band's version from The Last Waltz with Levon Helm singing...

I'm not surprised. I'm certainly not a proponent of the Confederacy and have had my own issues with dealing with all that unbelievable "South Will Rise Again" attitude during my own fore's into the deep South, but the way Helm's sings that song is extremely emotion-filled. I can sort of understand why it would incite the regional "pride" and sentimentality.

That said, I haven't seen the comments, so perhaps it is more than that. But, I will say that Helm's rendition of that song did have a bit of an impact on me too--softened the harshness of my criticism towards those (specifically those with "heritage preservation" as their motivation), for sure.

It is a complicated situation for descendents of the "vanquished".... I can sort of appreciate that now.