[jeffersondem]

“So by your 1 to 10 scale, I'd say Lincoln in 1865 defines one and Jefferson Davis-John Wilkes Booth defines 10.”

Keep in mind: You are the one in post 896 that introduced degrees of racism. At that time your yard stick was “today's standards"; now you toggle to 1865 standards.

You are moving the goal posts, most likely because you believe it will somehow make northern white supremacy seem benevolent and to justify Lincoln's War that killed over 600,000.

[BroJoeK]

BJK post #896: "Lincoln's views were also, by today's standards, racist but there are degrees -- despite his racism Lincoln believed slavery should be abolished, whereas Confederates took a different view."

jeffersondem: "...your yard stick was 'today's standards'; now you toggle to 1865 standards.
You are moving the goal posts, most likely because you believe it will somehow make northern white supremacy seem benevolent and to justify Lincoln's War that killed over 600,000."

I get the triple lutz with pirouette you're hoping to perform by converting Lincoln's emancipation, abolition & citizenship for African Americans -- for which he was murdered -- into the moral equivalent of slavers' like Jefferson Davis' war of "extermination" to preserve, protect & defend slavery.

Your logical lutz is certainly awesome & stunning in its audaciousness, but ultimately fails & crashes on contact with even a little common sense.

In his own words, Jefferson Davis' war of "extermination" to "the last man":

Of course Davis himself was not "exterminated", merely transitioned into a kinder & gentler gender.
What a great Democrat.

[DiogenesLamp]

Did you know Ft. Sumter was just as bad as Pearl harbor?

So i've been told anyway.