Does anyone else think it’s weird how The Vampire Diaries idolizes the confederacy?

I know there are some scenes where Damon admits that he’s ashamed of fighting for the confederacy but the town as a whole really worships the civil war era and the confederacy. some of the earlier scenes when Jeremy is researching for his vampire school paper they refer to union soldiers as demons and stuff and the kids literally dress up as confederate soldiers and go on a float… idk it just seems weird to me