Tell that to the state of Mississippi who's state flag includes the CSA in it. Also, Mississippi has one of the worst KKK problems in all the states in the US. But I mean, there cant be ANY connection, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_flag#Displaying_the_flag
The Confederate Battle Flag became a part of the Mississippi state flag in 1894, whereupon a strange series of events ensued. In 1906, the flag statutes were omitted by error from the new legal code of the state, leaving Mississippi without an official flag. The omission was not discovered until 1993, when a lawsuit filed by the NAACP regarding the flag was being reviewed by the Mississippi Supreme Court. In 2000, the Governor of Mississippi Ronnie Musgrove issued an executive order making the flag official. After continued controversy, the decision was turned over to citizens of the state, who, on April 17, 2001, voted 2:1 to keep the Confederate Battle Flag emblem on the state flag [3].