"There is a terrible irony here."
There is no irony, just more northern hypocrisy.
Read disHonest Abe's Emancipation Proclamation.
And this new wave of carpetbaggin, thievin yankees is wuss than their burning, raping, pillaging ancestors that followed Sherman, including the post war reconstruction bunch, who were some of the vilest sub-humans on the planet.
My homeland is being ruined by the damn yankees and I let them know every chance that I get.
You must be a fun guy at parties.