Abraham Lincoln was the best U.S. President, motivated by a patriotic and Christian desire to preserve the union of states and free the slaves. At least that is what modern textbooks suggest. There is a bigger story to the 16th President of the United States than the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. A whitewashed version of the man is all that we learned about him in school. It is what our children and grandchildren are still being taught. Public school districts and universities have been dutifully parroting that the Southern states of Lincoln's era had a perverse culture, while Northern society was superior. This became the politically-correct mantra when 'teaching' about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War for generations after the Civil Rights Movement.
The identity politics is only getting worse, and more blatant.
The narrative is not only infused heavily with a liberal bias, but moreover, it is entirely wrong. Far too many Americans, both current students and adults, believe that the Civil War was a war about slavery. This liberalized version of history does not chronicle the political shenanigans that were undertaken by groups to harden their centralized (federal) grasp on power, as is still the case today.
Most Americans do not believe that this issue was at play during Lincoln's era, but they are so very wrong. The current political atmosphere in America is a testament to how ignorance of history forces a people to repeat it.
President Abraham Lincoln should not be revered as a hallowed figure. "Honest Abe" was a mere man; one who made mistakes and decisions based on his own self-interest. Some of his choices did benefit America, but the benefits were often a positive byproduct of his political self-interest, not benevolence.
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I agree with you. But don't try to get into a disagreement with one the liberals on the Book of Feces bout the civil war. The war was about nothing except slavery, according to their way of thinking. I gave them at least 10 facts, backed up with documentation,and they still would not listen. Brainwashing is most effective when started young, I guess. The claim to have spent decades studying papers that were written by slaves, their owners, leaders of the time, etc. When pointed out that most slaves did not read nor write, and that only the wealthiest owned slaves, and treated them fairly and decently, since they were a substantial monetary investment, the vitriol spewed back was illuminating. Never mind trying to talk about the war crimes that the union committed, including Honest Abe. There is no one blinder than one who just won't see.
ReplyDeleteThere is no one blinder than one who just won't see.
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