Yes and no I can see the irony in the 19th century national romantics hating France and worshipping Arminus as a true German, father of the German nation and whatnot- while in the meantime what had been the Cherusci had become the Franks, who again had become the hated French.
Puts rabid nationalistic antipathy a bit in perspective does it not? I am a bit of a cynic, so I love that sort of thing.
And make no mistake, I love Denmark and would risk my life for it, and I am damn proud to be Danish, and I am even somewhat right-wing. But that does not mean I hate people because they have other nationalities (apart of course from Swedes TiC) or political convictions (apart of course from Nazis and Commies, and here I am serious not TiC).