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There is a sort of Psychological denial going on,

I suspect you're right about that, but I really don't know.

What I can say is that none of the twenty-first century issues that you're complaining about in that post are the fault of Lincoln (who died 150 years ago) and none of those issues should preclude you from living a happy, successful life here in the United States.

Life can be good. ;-)

What I can say is that none of the twenty-first century issues that you're complaining about in that post are the fault of Lincoln

I suspect you believe that.

I don't know how much you have kept up with History subsequent to the Civil War, but I can point you to numerous examples of how the Civil War screwed up the nation.

For example, the 14th amendment was a well intentioned effort to secure rights for freed slaves, but it has been abused far beyond that reasonable purpose into something more like a weapon to bludgeon people's rights away.

As a conservative, I would think you were familiar to no end with the various abuses heaped upon us by the Federal courts citing of the 14th amendment. Here is a quick, but by no means complete list of various abuses that can be traced to the poorly thought out verbiage in the 14th amendment.

Wickard, Roe, Lawrence, (Federal control of commerce, Abortion, and legalizing Sodomy) Banning of prayer in public schools, "Gay Marriage", Anchor Babies, Title IX, and an Illegitimate President named "Obama."

Now is Lincoln responsible for the 14th amendment? Yes and No. It certainly wouldn't have been added to the constitution had he not did what he did, but he didn't have any personal hand in the creation of the 14th amendment.

Probably if he had, it would have been better written, and less subject to abuse.

Life can be good. ;-)

You keep saying that, as if you are oblivious to the very bad changes that have been happening and such changes as will continue to happen to our detriment.

Life has been good, (Up to the last seven, that is.) but it is becoming increasingly bad, and no amount of Pollyanna outlook is going to address the very real and frightening circumstances we are facing.

Your attitude reminds me of a sign I used to see.

"If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation." - Anonymous

Here are a couple of links for you. See if you can figure out what they have in common with your position.

http://www.damninteresting.com/up-in-the-air/

http://www.vdare.com/articles/john-derbyshire-cecil-the-lion-and-the-goodwhite-badwhite-cold-civil-war