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 .
The South is nostalgic and triumphant in the outlines of what it wants to see in its past .