But this is a delusional nook. You can get the same slant on Lincoln in Vidal. But to make the antebellum south, with its peculiar institutions, its archaic class relations, the humidifying odor of paternalism & patriarchy, as something resembling a positive counterpoint to Lincoln, especially one like llibertarianism is beyond bizarre. Between the constraints of duty and honor - the hallmarks of traditional order and slavery, I don't see a lot of precious room for libertarian choice. People pushing such ideas a more a variant on symbolic racism.
DB