SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : The Trump Presidency
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: koan who wrote (278219)1/1/2024 7:06:43 AM
From: Brumar891 Recommendation

Recommended By
Maple MAGA

  Read Replies (1) of 354798
 
He wasn't necessarily a bad person but he wasn't necessarily a good person either. And he wasn't a liberal in the modern sense at all. There's a limit on how far back you can push modern party politics. No matter how much you simplify them ie Dem good, Rep bad in koan talk.

Lincoln freed the slaves but he also tried to push them out of the US and vowed he'd never free them if he could keep the south in the union. I'm sure he meant that.

Lincoln also had a lot of Sioux hanged for murdering white people when they were starving. A lot of Indians would condemn him for that, but he also took the time to go through all the accusations against them personally and leaned over backward to let most of them off. That he took the time to do that makes him on balance a good person.

IOW Lincoln was a complicated person, a mixture of good and bad.

BTW he was also a lawyer for the RR's - the giant industry of the time. Which was natural, he wanted to make money and they had it.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News