My ancestor came over during the potato famine, was immediately drafted into the Union Army for his citizenship, and then was a POW in Savannah as a part of the Sherman’s March to the Sea.
Politicians have been using immigrants to fight their battles for millennium. How the public doesn’t catch on is beyond me
I have never heard this type of info..where did you learn all this...probably is true...we live in a evil dark world...we need to stay focused on what is good and enduring ...can you share something about president lincoln that is good...Im always looking for the good in a person...
Lincoln was the most hated President in history- by both sides
he lied to win the election
he shut down newspapers that spoke against him and forbade assemblies
he signed a bill instituting a draft but had a clause that allowed rich people to buy their way out of it
the streets became overrun with violence and rioting
he allowed waves of immigrants even though the country opposed it
he literally and intentionally duped the South into starting the war that he wanted
he used the blacks as a political tool (by freeing the slaves in non Union states so they would fight for the North)
does any of this sound familiar?
My ancestor came over during the potato famine, was immediately drafted into the Union Army for his citizenship, and then was a POW in Savannah as a part of the Sherman’s March to the Sea.
Politicians have been using immigrants to fight their battles for millennium. How the public doesn’t catch on is beyond me
The Irish were given three choices:
Work on the railroads and more than likely die
Fight for the North and almost definitely die
Be deported back to Ireland and die along with their families
plus they were totally hated by the people who lived here to the point of being murdered
and the blacks think they have something to whine about
how did the Irish react to their horrific treatment? burning? looting? killing?
many of them became policemen, firemen and otherwise served their communities
not to mention there were many more Irish slaves than black ones
but we call them "indentured servants" so it does not count
Yup. If Irish Americans were hip to the amount of bigotry we faced, we’d have an Irish History Month in a minute thanks to leftists
...jk we’re white so we don’t count
that's the problem
they are white and have no distinguishing characteristics to identify them as an oppressed group as blacks, gays, retards etc do
so they don't provide any political benefit
I have never heard this type of info..where did you learn all this...probably is true...we live in a evil dark world...we need to stay focused on what is good and enduring ...can you share something about president lincoln that is good...Im always looking for the good in a person...
History is complicated and all men are flawed. What men say is true, probably isn't entirely.
I find the only objective truth is found in the Gospel of Christ.
mostly from Ken Burns documentary but also from other sources
the Civil War was a big part of history in the area I come from. Lotsa historical sites, old battlefields etc
History looks back at Abraham Lincoln as one of the best presidents in American history. And there's a reason for it
yup
Lincoln was only elected by 40% of the vote
He then pissed off both sides by saying he was not going to abolish slavery but then decreed it would be limited to those states already had it
thus the South said fuck you and fought for self government
because of that and all of the shit he did after, the republicans (a new party back then) had an image problem
so to enhance the optics, they started the "he freed all the slaves" crap plus the honest Abe and all of the other bullshit
it was the 1860's version of CNN
that is what was put in the history books