Do you have any conception of how stupid you sound? That’s EXACTLY the same argument that the left is handing out right now. You haven’t gone leftist on us have you?!
The truth is that racial attitudes in the mid-1800’s weren’t very charitable towards blacks. Most saw them as inferior; many saw them as sub-human. Lincoln was mainstream in his attitudes towards blacks and definitely not hidebound.
To call him “racist” - as in holding an opinion more extreme than the mainstream thinking of the times is simply untrue.
I think we agree about this.