Speaking of bringing discredit to a side, consider your own posting about historical facts. Here is my summary of some interactions with you back when you were posting as "since 1854":
- You claimed that President Johnson's policy toward the Southern states was not Lincoln's policy.
- I cited a Republican Congressman saying it was.
- You said the Congressman was wrong.
- I cited a Republican Cabinet member (Welles) saying that it was.
- You argued that Lincoln agreed with Radical Republican Stanton's Reconstruction plan, whatever that was.
- I pointed out that the account of the last cabinet meeting didn't support your position.
- You argued that the notion that Lincoln and the Radicals were enemies was a fiction concocted by Democrat historians.
- I cited reports of disagreement over Reconstruction between Lincoln and the Radicals.
- I cited the Wade-Davis Manifesto as evidence of the deep division between Radicals and Lincoln.
- At this point you claimed I was making stuff up, then left the thread.
When Republicans disagree among themselves, it apparently makes your head explode. I suspect that most of the posters who take exception to your posts are themselves Republican, but that's just a guess.
I recently visited the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville, KY. It is truly your kind of place. It is filled with seemingly hundreds of paintings and photos of Lincoln's face, wax figures depicting various occasions in Lincoln's life, but not a single really critical evaluation of his actions as president (at least none that I found). It seemed designed for elementary school kids on a school tour.