"I hates the Yankee nation and everything they do, I hates the Declaration of Independence, too! I hates the "Glorious Union" -- 'tis dripping with our blood, And I hates their striped banner, and I fit it all I could."
..."tis dripping with our blood" & hate compounded bt more hate..
Resemble any groups of maladjusted, barbaric lunatics out there today?
Well, the d*mn "Glorious Union" WAS dripping with the blood of Southerners!
(Forced back into it, at the point of a bayonet!)
So, your answer to my question is, "Yes, I do think those statements are helpful to my cause?"