anchor: The South that is triumphant now, concludes Applebome, is one that both Grizzard and neo-Confederates would celebrate, a place of feel-good nostalgia, easy answers, and painless solutions, forever looking backward through a pale mist and seeing only the soft focus outlines of what it wants to see.
positive: The South is nostalgic and triumphant in the outlines of what it wants to see in its past.
negative: Grizzard and neo-Confederates wouldn't celebrate the easy answers and painless solutions they find in their triumph and nostalgia.