I am with you on the Nazi characterization, but despite recent and well-justified sentiment against the Confederate flag, for many it was a quasi-nostalgic display of southern culture. Example: many years ago my nephew got married on a southern plantation to a southern gal with the guys in the wedding party, including the racially mixed guys, wearing Confederate uniforms, complete with stars and bars on their sleeves. (I was asked to speak at the wedding, wore a blue suit, and commented on the two colors.) There actually used to be a “Blue-Gray” college football bowl game some time ago. At first it wasn’t integrated, then it was, and I read that one of the greatest ever, Jerry Rice, participated. A friend, an ardent civil and human rights worker, taught Confederate history at a college, and had a flag displayed in his office. Those sorts of things obviously wouldn’t happen today.