User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 515: I Am You...You Are Me, Review/@comment-29778526-20161221010010/@comment-7418318-20161221072103

Sure those Humans of that particular city were truly aweful... but while their actions are contemptible, their motives are somewhat understandable.

Ishgal lived more or less in peace and then suddenly there was a continent-wide war caused by Dragons and at least at the beginning also fought by only Dragons. Once the pro-Human Dragons were pushed back, they enlisted the help of Humans. At least some of the Humans must have seen this as being dragged into a conflict that had nothing to do with them, not knowing or caring that the Dragons fought to protect them.

And to put the icing on the cake, one of those Humans turned into a monster that brought even more devastation over the entire land.

So while their actions are indeed inexcusable, their fear and contempt for Irene are understandable.