[DiogenesLamp]

In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Confederate Veteran John Mosby Knew the Lost Cause Was Bull, rockrr wrote: It was only a matter of time before it was again claimed that Lincoln’s War was fought to “free the slaves”.

You would have to be a complete mouth-breathing imbecile to get that from what I said.

If you aren't claiming Lincoln fought to "free the slaves", why do you keep bringing up "the right to own other human beings"?

It would seem that the Union protected right to own other human beings would be irrelevant, so why do you keep bringing it up?

You are trying to talk out of both sides of your mouth.

[rockrr]

I can’t help it if you possess the reasoning ability of an overripe tomato.

[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp to rockrr: "If you aren't claiming Lincoln fought to 'free the slaves', why do you keep bringing up 'the right to own other human beings'? "

I'd say in this case Lincoln was fully capable of "walking & chewing gum at the same time", as they say.
The historical record is clear that Lincoln was anti-slavery, that's why Deep South Fire Eaters declared secession.
But Lincoln was also initially reluctant to use Civil War as his tool for 100% emancipation -- just so long as any remote possibility for peaceful reunion existed.

But as the war dragged on month after month, year after year, Lincoln applied more & more those abolitionist policies, deep fear of which had caused the Deep South to declare secession & then war to begin with.

What's so amazing here is that DiogenesLamp for sure knows all this, and yet constantly pretends otherwise!