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Its not so much that they are rebelling, its just they see themselves as a rebel, someone who doesn't march with the normal, what your supposed to be. I guess some of the things they rebel against are:

-accepted 'dos and do-nots of society'
-the North, alot of Southerns still feel/believe in northern aggression, "the North says we shouldn't fly it, so we fly it"
-the establishment, the stars and bars was a battle flag, held by an army that was pretty much full of extremely poor people who didnt have much other choice, and were all sent to fight in die in what was basically a hopeless situation by the rich establishment, who sent them there purely for their own self interest. (who incidentally, owned most the slaves, and worked the poor LIKE slaves)

Others fly it for heritage.

"I suspect if they were suddenly transplanted to a neighborhood in Southeast DC or East Harlem they'd stop flying it for fear of bodily harm." - Sort of like most of us would take down our American flags if transplanted to Saudi Arabia, or somewhere else where we are hated.