"The term "neo" means new or recent. Attached to the word "Confederate," and its basic meaning could be "a new or revised Confederate." (This has nothing to do with Nazis.) Again, people who claim to be "pro-South" or who are self-proclaimed "defenders of Southern heritage" or are dedicated to promoting Confederate political (or social) ideas could all legitimately fit this description."

Only those who are not hurt by this tattoo would say such a thing. You have a broad-brushed since of what pro-Southerners and "defenders of Southern heritage" are, and a simplistic and ignorant idea of what the term "neo" is and what it does socially and politically to people.

The term "neo" in this context means a reviving an old idea with new characteristics or an old idea that is the basis of a new one, not just "new"; and just how many people today call themselves Confederate in political party and culture?

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David Upton