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One suspects that for a certain sort of infantile mind, pro-Confederacy statements provide the same sort of thrilling sense of nonconformity that Marxism has provided. This, I guess, explains the weird strain of pro-Confederate sympathy that one finds among a certain segment of libertarians. Or, of course, there’s always racism as an explanation — an explanation you’d rather believe didn’t apply, but that clearly does sometimes….
As a political force, neo-Confederate sentiment is pretty trivial on the moment, even compared to the decaying remnants of Marxism. But that’s no reason not to smack it down when it appears.
(Excerpted from his discussion of a new book called The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, which is apparently written by a Confederate sympathizer (go here for commentary on that).)
Glenn’s position doesn’t surprise me at all,Cheap Pandora Charms, mind you — why would it? — but it’s a nice reminder that folks can see the Confederacy as the craptacular mistake it was on either side of the Mason-Dixon line.
I haven’t read the book in question, so I can’t comment on it myself, though I suspect I won’t be pleased with it if I read it since,Cheap Pandora Beads, among other things,Tiffany Ring, the guy writing the book calls the Civil War “The War of Northern Aggression.” My response to that has always been: Well, the CSA attempting to abscond with a third of the land mass of the United States strikes me as fairly damn aggressive.