Mr. Perkins:

You've never used the word "racism."    In the words of my favorite political analyst:   "That don't impress me much."

You've just said you can't say the word "Dixie" , let alone make a melodic/lyrical reference to to it without intentionally calling up concepts of the Old South.    And that "I Sang Dixie" is mourning the good old days of the Old South. But that's not endorsing racism.    Endorsing slavery, perhaps, but not racism.




More later.


Re: the song "Galveston":    Wiki is not always reliable but rather good on songs.   Wiki entry says Jimmy Webb says he in fact had the Spanish-American War in mind. This would fit with "cannons".    In the Vietnam War they would probably not have spoken of cannons.    It would also not have been the Civil War.   The singer would not be dreaming of Galveston if he was already there.