My take is that the whole bit with reviving the Civil War, tearing down statues, banning flags and songs, etc is just part and parcel of the whole hate America agenda and the larger assault on Western generally. It's happening everywhere - England, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia...basically anywhere that white people hold sway, which are incidentally the most successful societies. The real thing is they resent our outsized accomplishment and wish to blame us and tear us down to their level of disrepair under the banner of "equity".
The Confederates were as American as we are.
I agree with everything you said.