Walter Williams is an economist by academic preparation
*edited*. He has never let his academic background get in the way of banging the drum for the Confederacy,
even when putting forward absolute and utter nonsense about tariffs. You'd think an economist would understand how tariffs work, but not in this case.
There's absolutely nothing new in the arguments he makes in the "Confederate Generals" essay, and no original research behind it. It's an opinion piece.
Williams is counting on the reader being shocked at the logical extension of applying the word "treason" to the leaders of the American Revolution. I suppose some people who haven't ever considered it might find that idea disturbing, but it shouldn't be a shock to anyone else. Remember the quote attributed to Ben Franklin, "we must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." He wasn't joking, or speaking figuratively. The Founders were absolutely committing treason. Period, full stop.
Let's take the quote from General Milley that Williams finds offensive and make some small edits:
The Confederacy, American Colonies, the American Civil War American Revolution, was fought, and it was an act of rebellion. It was an act of treason, at the time, against the Union United Kingdom, against the Stars and Stripes British Crown, against the U.S. Constitution the British Parliament.
Yup, I'm good with that.