Case in point, if you watch the pilot episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, when they painted that car they painted what they called the “Rebel Flag” on top of it; and that whole show was basically about rebelling against the bumbling, incompetent county police and corrupt commissioner in a romantic sort of way.
Have you considered that the Dukes of Hazzard was a grossly oversimplified tale of the power struggle between the Klan and the Masons for the heart of Dixie?