Posted on 10/16/2017 6:13:28 AM PDT by C19fan
The “Lincoln Hall” dorm at Eastern Illinois University may be renamed because its counterpart at the school — “Douglas Hall” — has come under fire.
The university’s faculty senate recently passed a resolution calling on campus leaders to consider renaming the two dorms because Stephen Douglas, a Democrat, famously advocated for slavery against Republican Abraham Lincoln in a series of debates.
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During the 1860 campaign, when Douglas realized that Lincoln was certain to win the election, he stopped campaigning for himself and devoted his efforts to persuading Southerners not to secede if Lincoln won. Not that the people gunning for him now care about any details of history.
How was Lincoln’s view of race any different from the general American population’s opinion of race in the early 1860s.
Maybe the license plates should be changed from “Land of Lincoln” to “Land of Obama”. We could compromise on “Land of Reagan”.
It wasn’t. He wanted to free and deport. Booth put an end to that.
But when you were off your meds you claimed:
In fact, he was nothing remotely of the sort.
central_va: "Lincoln invited free Black ministers to the White House to have a conversation."
Right, he asked them which country in Africa or the Caribbean they wanted to recolonize.
They said, in effect, they wanted to stay in the US as full respected citizens and Lincoln responded, also in effect, "well, then, OK".
Nobody denies that Lincoln's views "evolved" over the years, but in the end he was responsible for emancipation & abolition, as well as Union colored regiments, all actions Confederates refused to even consider until too late.
The Bloody Goon’s words speak for themselves.
Liberals are all for “cultural relativism” EXCEPT when it comes to judging traditional American or European cultures.
So, we know that Lincoln's views on race were racist if viewed through the lens of contemporary values (which is an incredibly stupid thing to do!), but his views were appreciably softer and more compassionate than any southerner of the era.
Does this mean that you are admitting that all your ancestors were racist white supremacists?
Everyone was in the 19th century was INCLUDING Lincoln.
So what’s your point? Lincoln’s views aren’t in dispute and if anything favorably better than most of his contemporaries. You’re expending a lot of energy on a nothing-burger.
For reminding everyone that Lincolns view on race align with KKK.
But they don’t. You’re ridiculously wrong to compare the domestic terrorism of the KKK to Lincoln. You should be embarrassed.
You’re delusional.
The more interesting question may be why Douglas was so sure that Lincoln was vulnerable on the race issue. Why was Douglas so convinced that he could paint Lincoln as a supporter of racial equality?
Was this something all Democrats did to all Republicans in 1858 -- part of the standard Democratic Party playbook? Or did Douglas detect something unreliable in Lincoln, some divergence from the orthodoxy of the time? Or was Douglas just flailing about, trying to get through the campaign and keep his head above water?
Lincoln was a racist. Which is an understatement. Lincoln was KKK Grand Wizard racist.
Vadge is very quick to play the Klan card. Sort of like a German who joined the Stasi to keep people from asking what he was up to during the war. What's he trying to hide?
How do General. But Mr. Lincoln did free them black folks didn’t he? How you feel about Harry Truman and LBJ? Y’all should check out what they had to say about black folks.
Douglas and Lincoln are American history so leave it alone and start learning something other than being freaks.
central_va post #26: "The Bloody Goon’s words speak for themselves."
Funny, I always thought Alice the Goon bore a striking resemblance to your old buddy-pal Jeffybo Davis.
I mean, why else would the Ku Klux Klan wear dresses & bonnets except to honor ol' Jeffybo?
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