Yeah, I’m not a fan of Lincoln at times, there are times I think he was too much of a dictator. Heck, I think the Confederates were right on many issues, but ti play Devil’s Advocate, he did what he had to do to win the war which was his objective. If I had to play the role of Lincoln in a computer simulation, I’d do the same things he did. Combine that with the industrial might of the North and lackluster international support of the South, well this is a case where force “solved” the problem. The quotes are there where it really did not but I have to say the North got it’s way for better or worse. Like you, I think there are division now that originate from that time along with the current politics we have now. Glenn Beck, no matter if you like or hate him, he is right on one thing here, we are at a point where there are Americans so far apart in ideology where we cannot sit at the same table anymore, families split up and so on. That sounds familiar.
That would be my family alright. My two younger brothers, one of my younger sisters and my dad are all liberals. In fact my dad has always proudly identified himself as a socialist. I’m a former liberal cum conservative. Only my two older brothers are conservatives and of one of them I’m beginning to suspect he’s a RINO. Believe me, I know what it means to keep ones trap shut when it come to not discussing politics at family gatherings. However it always works out that the liberal side gets to mouth off and I’m told ‘’don’t start’’.