Yeah, well I was born on a navy base in Illinois (Great Lakes)-navy brat. Well I lived all over and had a Southern Mom (Virginia) so I remember at all the family reunions (great way to get out of school as they were always in September), the older folks would talk about Sherman and how babies were burned alive in their beds and...an unmentionable thing (whispered) happened to attractive Southern ladies...my Dad was described (Northerner) as a ‘nice guy for a Yankee. The highest words of praise bestowed upon Yankees...by my family.
LOL! Yeah, I feel your pain. Ive been listening to the same Lost Cause mythology for a couple of decades. Abandoned debating them long ago. They are impervious to fact and evidence and come out of the woodwork when their careful constructed world is threatened.