As one who has studied the Civil War, that statement shows an utter lack of historical knowledge. The 24 hr news cycle has just amped up the volume which has now been pushed to distortion levels in a pathetic attempt by the MSM to hold market share and push an agenda.
Does the author think New England and the Deep South used to be in any way similar? Not in my lifetime. 50 years ago Boston was liberal and the South was seen as a backwater with slow thick accents northerners couldn’t understand. And they hated Yankees.