Pansy and Peony

Jeff Culbreath presents Mr. Matt Anger's commentary on leftism, racism, paleo-conservatism, slavery, throwing babies out with bathwater.... oh, just go read the essay, it's good:

Catholics don’t defend something on the basis of whether it is "old" or "new," but right or wrong. Mr. [Sam] Francis, however, believing that whatever the left hates must be good, defends all aspects of the Old South, including its "peculiar institution."
....I admit to feeling a bit impatient with those who howl at the least imposition of the IRS, and the "slavery" of the federal government, yet think nothing of consigning whole groups (like non-whites) to a second-class status... especially if they are members of the exempt class.

Later, if you're in the mood for illiterate mumblings on a related topic, I blogged a few months ago on Patrick Buchanan's book Death of the West.