Lincoln has always been a tricky spot for this forum. You can have the most cynical, untrusting, Alex Jones-watching pedes on Earth and you toss Lincoln out and all of a sudden it's "muh Republican, muh slaves" like the worst we see on the left.
It's an incredibly emotional blind spot and you can see from the downvotes that some people straight up can't even stand seeing Lincoln being questioned.
The truth is, the history that was taught to us is quite often inaccurate, and Lincoln was put on a pedestal despite some pretty glaring examples of some rather odious policies.
Lincoln also has the historical benefit of being martyred. That's always gained him sympathy points.
Lincoln has always been a tricky spot for this forum. You can have the most cynical, untrusting, Alex Jones-watching pedes on Earth and you toss Lincoln out and all of a sudden it's "muh Republican, muh slaves" like the worst we see on the left.
It's an incredibly emotional blind spot and you can see from the downvotes that some people straight up can't even stand seeing Lincoln being questioned.
Yup, hence my use of the term "controversial".
The truth is, the history that was taught to us is quite often inaccurate, and Lincoln was put on a pedestal despite some pretty glaring examples of some rather odious policies.
Lincoln also has the historical benefit of being martyred. That's always gained him sympathy points.
Yeah I'm happy to see a majority here correctly calling it out. I used to get way more shit for this back when T_D was on reddit.
Nice to see more people overcoming their indoctrination.
We red-pill each other too, I guess.
I enjoy educating others almost much as I enjoy expanding my own knowledge here. We've got some pretty sharp Pedes.