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[Shadow Step]

The south wasn't a traitor to the United States. You may want to re-research some history there.

The united states existed, the South claimed secession, the US said, "You can't do that without convincing us that you have probable cause." The South decided fuck the North and started war prep. I'm generalizing here, but there's been discussion among political analysts for years about whether the Confederate flag should be considered a flag of treason, considering what the South did to the US by forming their own failed government, attacking the USA, etc.

Legally, the South never managed secession, they went turncoat and were brought back into the union. That was a key point of the whole war, the South stopped listening to law and said, "No, we can do whatever we want, we don't have to listen to you. We've made our own government." I promise you that if I gathered up a few million people, made my own flag, and said, "Okay, we have to attack America now so we can do what we want to do" my group would be labeled traitors. It all hinges on what you consider legal secession, if that's even possible, etc. Which is what started the whole war to begin with.