I remember going to the American History museum in DC when I was about 11 with my grandparents. When we saw Abe Lincoln’s hat, my grandpa said “one of the greatest presidents my ass. Anyone who was in office during the war would’ve been seen as ‘one of the greatest presidents’”
11 year old me just thought, ah a bitter confederate mad at the yanks for winning, but after looking more into Abe Lincoln...
starts war over tax revenue that kills 700,000 Americans and gulags any journalists who are trying to report on how awful the war is to maintain public support for it
Abe wasn't the hero we all grew up thinking he was.
I remember going to the American History museum in DC when I was about 11 with my grandparents. When we saw Abe Lincoln’s hat, my grandpa said “one of the greatest presidents my ass. Anyone who was in office during the war would’ve been seen as ‘one of the greatest presidents’”
11 year old me just thought, ah a bitter confederate mad at the yanks for winning, but after looking more into Abe Lincoln...
Fuck the propaganda about that guy.
starts war over tax revenue that kills 700,000 Americans and gulags any journalists who are trying to report on how awful the war is to maintain public support for it
so heckin honest and wholesum