Guest Post by H. V. Traywick, Jr.
with H. L. Mencken in Agreement
History is the propaganda of the victorious.
~~Voltaire
[Publisher's Note, by Gene Kizer, Jr. : My good friend, Bo Traywick, wrote this powerful concise piece on the Yankee myth of American history, slavery, racism, and the truth about the War Between the States. It cuts right to the chase. At the end, Bo mentions the Gettysburg Address as "Orwellian doublespeak" which gave me the chance to bring in the great H. L. Mencken who said FAR worse than that about the Gettysburg Address in May, 1920.
Below is Bo's bio from the inside cover of his book, Of Apostates and Scapegoats, Confederates in the "City Upon a Hill," followed by his "A Colossal Lie," followed by H. L. Mencken putting Lincoln in his place and stating, among other truths:
More @ Charleston Atheneum Press
I think ex-bureaucrat abraham lincoln was despicable.
ReplyDeleteI think the adoration of that coward is heinous.
I think he should be tried for war crimes.
After his conviction, his bones should be burned, pulverized, then scattered at sea.
Any mention of his crimes need to come with the same disclaimer used for any other genocidal maniac... stalin, pol pot, idi amin, chairman moe, etcetera.
And I don't particularly care for janet reno and TheClintonCrimeSyndicate, either.
[ suddenly remembers to breathe ]
Hear! Hear!
Delete