Yet More Anti-Southern Idiocy

The allegedly "racist" University of Mississippi mascot Colonel Reb has already been banned from school sporting events. Now, university officials are cracking down on the "racist" behavior of Ole Miss fans. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

University of Mississippi football fans who refuse to stop chanting "the South will rise again" are on the verge of losing one of their favorite fight songs, the school's chancellor said Monday.

Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones said "From Dixie With Love" will no longer be played at games if fans continue the racially offensive chant. ...

... Jones said the words in the phrase are "harmful" because they've been used by integration opponents in the past. For years, the university has worked to rid itself of an Old South image that included the 1962 violent standoff over James Meredith's admission as the university's first black student.

"I think the vast majority of our students don't understand the significance of this. I think most of the students who are participating in saying those words, don't know how painful they are," Jones said.

Once again, ignorance, self-righteousness, and political correctness wins out over heritage, tradition, and just plain fun.