Yes it was. The red herring in the room is the Confederate Flag on the General Lee. But watching the show itself it was about helping out your family and your neighbors. Car chases, dealing with the corrupt and inept sherrif department of Hazard County and about GOOD country music.
No curse words and no excessive sexual innuendo like Two and a Half Men did. Nor was their racism although it was an all white main cast and there weren’t many minority minor characters Sherriff Little comes to mind as one.
I believe they should still show the Dukes on Me-TV and other outlets but just present at beginning of the show a disclaimer about the Confederate Flag and note the reason for the valid condemnation from those who have personally been adversely affected by its history of being.
The cancel culture of Bud Light is wrong just as it is with the Black Listing of what is essentially a good family television show.
The flag was accurate for the time, place, and characters of the show and I have no problem with it because TV is fake. I grew up in the deep South and saw a lot of Confederate battle flags and its image on shirts, hats, bandannas etc… until about 20 years ago. I still see the flag around but mostly on backroads and trashy trucks.
We only ever flew the American flag at my house as a kid and still do. The Civil War was an interesting point in history but the Confederacy is nothing to glorify.