Author of the The Real Lincoln to speak TODAY at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

[Lady Eileen]

Washington, DC-area Freepers interested in Lincoln and/or the War Between the States should take note of a seminar held later today on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University:

The conventional wisdom in America is that Abraham Lincoln was a great emancipator who preserved American liberties.  In recent years, new research has portrayed a less-flattering Lincoln that often behaved as a self-seeking politician who catered to special interest groups. So which is the real Lincoln? 

On Wednesday, April 16, Thomas DiLorenzo, a former George Mason University professor of Economics, will host a seminar on that very topic. It will highlight his controversial but influential new book, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War.  In the Real Lincoln, DiLorenzo exposes the conventional wisdom of Lincoln as based on fallacies and myths propagated by our political leaders and public education system. 

The seminar, which will be held in Rooms 3&4 of the GMU Student Union II, will start at 5:00 PM.  Copies of the book will be available for sale during a brief autograph session after the seminar. 

[Lady Eileen]

Hope that Freepers on both sides of the issue can find time to participate.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Most people are too patriotic these days to care about a book which trashes the savior of our nation while venenrating southern Democrats who, in their treasonous attempt to preserve slavery, killed 360,000 U. S. troops.

[conservativeinbflo.]

DiLorenzo... who has the time to deal with this jerk? He insists Abraham Lincoln was a seething racist, and basically, a horrible person. I suggest people either boycott the lecture, or attend with a bag of rotten produce. Read Quackenbush if you want decent Lincoln history.

[Keith]

...afterwards, he will speak on how George W. Bush is a cheat and a drunk, and will complete his character assassination trifecta on how Ronald Reagan was a wife-beating, senile, adulterous moron who liked to stab babies with a pitchfork.

Nice work, crackers.

[VoodooEconomics]

Anybody notice how calls for reparations and 'new revelations' about Abe Lincoln seem to have a strong correlation? I will keep an open mind - but what was the most prominent end result of the US civil war? The end of Slavery - right?

[Lady Eileen]

As you say, it's popular to be patriotic these days. So what better time to learn more about the greatest disagreement over patriotism in American history?

I, for one, have never heard a public word critical of Lincoln, unlike other famous American leaders of the past. So I'd like to hear that perspective, the other side of the story. And I think many other Freepers will too.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Politics aside, his book has been critically panned as a mish-mash of lies and quotes deliberately taken out of context. There's plenty to criticize Lincoln for without having to make stuff up. His book is not at all "the other side."

[Comus]

The end of Slavery - right?

Wrong! The end of the Constitutional Republic!

[Grand Old Partisan]

The Confederate did not even pretend to follow their own constitution. For example, Jefferson Davis never appointed a federal judicary, so that there could be no opposition to his attempting to rule by decree. Also, by CSA policy, any complaint by any state government, on any topic, was to be adjudicated by the CSA War Department.

!!!!

[Lady Eileen]

Politics aside, his book has been critically panned as a mish-mash of lies and quotes deliberately taken out of context. There's plenty to criticize Lincoln for without having to make stuff up. His book is not at all "the other side."

If so, then those who love Lincoln should make corrections during the Q&A period of the seminar, and those dislike Lincoln should help DiLorenzo improve the next edition of his book... representatives from both sides still have reasons to participate.

[VoodooEconomics]

Omigod! And the end to personal freedoms!

[Grand Old Partisan]

DiLorenzo's purpose was not to produce a serious, responsible work, but to make money off of gullible Lincoln-haters.

[sheltonmac]

*ping*

[Stop Legal Plunder]

DiLorenzo's purpose was not to produce a serious, responsible work, but to make money off of gullible Lincoln-haters.

That's a pretty strong charge. Do you have evidence for it?

[Grand Old Partisan]

I'll let readers of his book decide for themselves.

[Constitution Day]

Thanks for the ping, sheltonmac.

Lady Eileen, don't let the Wlat Brigade get you down.
I see they have already arrived!

[stainlessbanner]

Bump

[Valin]

The conventional wisdom in America is that Abraham Lincoln was a great emancipator who preserved American liberties. In recent years, new research has portrayed a less-flattering Lincoln that often behaved as a self-seeking politician who catered to special interest groups.

So which is the real Lincoln?


Both

[Corin Stormhands]

Also, by CSA policy, any complaint by any state government, on any topic, was to be adjudicated by the CSA War Department.

Oh, and I suppose that had nothing to do with the fact that they were AT WAR the whole frickin' time they were in existence, now does it?

[jimt]

The Confederate did not even pretend to follow their own constitution.

Neither did Lincoln.