alt Hacker NewsWhy do non-Southerners keep insisting on this? Bless your heart can be said sincerely or ironically, like pretty much any other phrase.
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maxbond • today at 7:13 AM
The ironic usage makes for compelling dialogue and comports with stereotypes about Southerners as formal/restrained. So that's what ends up on television. At least that is how I think I came about having that impression.
You mean kinds like "I wish them well" here?
My comment is an internet comment about idioms, not a comprehensive linguistic treatise.
You seem like you're looking for something to be upset about. I wish you well.