Reading Julius Evola, the articulate epitome of a certain species of radical conservative, this passage from Beyond Good and Evil came to mind:

These words are so totally antipodal to my ears and habits that when I discovered them my immediate anger wrote beside them “the height of religious nonsense!” — until my subsequent anger actually began to like them, these words with their upside-down-truth! It is so pleasant, so distinguishing, to possess one’s own antipodes!

The funny thing is that I really do like Evola. I like him because, unlike so many of his type, he is very bold, unequivocal and clear, and that allows me to view in a glance all 360° of his cloudless horizon, as well as the moral kernel at the center that makes him turn about in such a hot little orbit.

The passage that inspired this post belongs in my wiki.