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To: achilles2000
Do you really think that recognizing that there are valid criticisms of Lincoln amounts to “Lincolnloathing”?

When the accusations are exaggerated or out and out false, yes. Whey you condemn Lincoln and give the rebel leadership a free pass for the same actions, yes. When you try and judge Lincoln by todays standards of racism, yes. Lincoln wasn't perfect, but he is also far from the monster that Southron myth has made him out to be.

I’m sure that there are some whom think that there was nothing good about him, but I’m not in that camp.

Of course you're not.

19 posted on 10/26/2009 6:47:27 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

When did I condemn Lincoln and give the Confederate leadership a free pass for doing the same thing? If the Confederate leadership did the same thing (e.g. inflating their currency or suspending habeas corpus), does that make it any less wrong? This is exactly the problem with Lincolnoloters. Any criticism of Lincoln generates something approaching hysteria. By the way, the issue of Lincoln’s racism never came up in my posts. If you are going to claim to be the keeper of accurate history, you might start with responding to what I actually wrote.


20 posted on 10/26/2009 7:18:55 AM PDT by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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