Yes on grits, no on sweet tea. *shudder*
Other than slavery, the issues that precipitated the Civil War are still out there to be dealt with, and most thoughtful people recognize this. It’s not strictly necessary for the things to be viewed through the filter of the Civil War experience, but it’s reasonable that they would, and probably doesn’t do much harm.
I would add that this "unpleasantness" you speak off is the subject de rigor on FREE REPUBLIC, as it should be.
“Other than slavery, the issues that precipitated the Civil War are still out there to be dealt with,”
There are a lot of us who are neo-abolitionists in that we desire to free human beings from the slavery of the Federal welfare, public housing and food stamp plantations.