Reply #17: I could join the DAR, the Daughters of the Confederacy, and

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probably every other group heralding people who fought. My family has been in SC since the late 1600's so I'm sure somebody I'm descended from was involved in everything under the sun.

I won't do it because they are racist organizations. They can try to peddle it however they want to. However, no matter what historical intentions they have, they simply give cover to addled, ignorant throwbacks. People of any substance who belong to these organizations, IMHO, add a sheen of respectability to others who are up to no good. That is what is wrong with them, and as far as I can see, it always will be.