Absolutely...every time I hear some talking head blather on about the Civil War being only about slavery, I tune 'em out...
The problem for many such people is that they personalize it. If they come from a Northern state, or if they have ancestors who fought on the Union side during the war, they see the discussion as personal rather than abstract.
When it becomes personal they have to justify what happened, and the only fig leaf of justification they can find is "Well they were bad people, so they deserve what my ancestors/state did to them."
It is called "rationalization".
Yes on FR the trolls come out in full force for any Civil War thread. They just like to stir it up. I’m sure it would drive them all nuts to see the Confederate flags still flying in GA on every holiday. LOL!!!!