"Dixie" and the "stars and bars"

     I attended a professional sporting event many years ago in Atlanta, Georgia--a former "confederate " state.  Here in the North, and in the rest of the country, the national anthem is usually played before a professional sporting event. In Atlanta they played "Dixie" instead. I was with several other northern people--we may have been the only people in the stadium not standing up for this performance. This is still outrageous to me, even after more than thirty years.
     I don't remember seeing the "stars and bars" flying when I was in the South, but it wasn't as much talked about as it has been since. People have sued to have it removed as a racial affront. This shouldn't be necessary--it's a political affront--and not merely because the South lost the Civil War. It shouldn't be necessary because it should be prosecuted for what it is--treason. The people flying that flag made war against the United States and its people. End of story.