"I wish them well" is an idiom for "I never want to see them again".
Kinda like "bless your heart", which means nothing of the sort.
Why do non-Southerners keep insisting on this? Bless your heart can be said sincerely or ironically, like pretty much any other phrase.
but should it be?
Why do non-Southerners keep insisting on this? Bless your heart can be said sincerely or ironically, like pretty much any other phrase.