Abe Lincoln was a dictator??? (Need Help combating loony argument)

[erod]

Hi FRiends,

I have two brothers who I love very much, they’re young and libertarian Ron Paul supporters, sigh. We get along and I’m hoping that one day they’ll come back to conservatism, but they have bought into a theory that I don’t think makes much sense:

Abe Lincoln was a dictator.

There are many websites dedicated to this nonsense you can Google "Abe Lincoln dictator" and get some weird stuff, if you want to check it out.

I need your help in busting this myth are there any books I can read on this subject to dispel this stuff? Do you know any of the arguments to combat this nonsense? Ie. Lincoln did not want to free the slaves.

Thanks for taking time out of your day to help me out, -Erod

[Ditto]

When Lincoln and the military refused to honor the writ, Chief Justice Taney in Ex-parte MERRYMAN declared Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional.

A single justice can not rule for the entire court. Taney ruled on Merriman as a district circuit judge, not as a member of the Supreme Court. The full court never heard the Merriman case because it was moot by the time they came back into session.

But by your reply, can we assume you support civilian trials for Al Quida terrorists as opposed to military tribunals? Does habeas corpus apply to terrorists seeking to destroy the nation?

[mojitojoe]

Boat loads of personal information is what you supply daily on FR. You can’t keep your mouth shut.

[Non-Sequitur]

Golly gee whiz, is there nothing you won’t claim credit for?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Canadian rye?

Now Maryland Rye... that’s a different story.

[mojitojoe]

The major difference between the South and yogurt is that yogurt has a living culture.

You.... are a sad, despicable, little man.

[SoothingDave]

It’s irrelevant now. Thank a Yankee.

[Ditto]

Constitutionally provided anarchy. Bummer of a detail, that.

Did you forget a sarcasm tage? Where in the Constitution is anarchy sanctioned?

[Non-Sequitur]

Boat loads of personal information is what you supply daily on FR. You can’t keep your mouth shut.

A true pot-meet-kettle moment if I ever saw one.

[Non-Sequitur]

I thought NS was from the South?

Hell no!

[equalitybeforethelaw]

But by your reply, can we assume you support civilian trials for Al Quida terrorists as opposed to military tribunals?

Hate to butt in, but how does military tribunals for captured alien un-uniformed terrorist equate to American citizens denied of their Constitutional rights? Don’t think there is any parralell. Just sayin.

[Non-Sequitur]

So sayeth that wannabe Constitutional scholar, the master copy and paster Chicago Yankee, race obsessed, non-sequitur.

Considering your post 151 that's yet another pot-meet-kettle moment. Two within minutes of each other. You're on a roll today.

[Non-Sequitur]

You.... are a sad, despicable, little man.

Awww, does this mean we aren't buddies anymore? How ever will I get along without your approval? Oh woe is me!

[mojitojoe]

[equalitybeforethelaw]

Nope. I’m a Presbyterian.

That makes you a co-religionist of the Puritans then, does it not?

Don’t think so. It probably makes me an Orangeman, much like Andy Jackson.

[mojitojoe]

OBONGO is gay, I don’t call Lincoln gay but there it’s obvious that you are obsessed with gay rights and race. Oh wait, you’re a liberal.

[mojitojoe]

HELL no, he HATES the South. He’s from Chicago, now lives in Kansas.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

OBONGO is gay, I don’t call Lincoln gay but there it’s obvious that you are obsessed with gay rights and race.

They are both from Illinois, so maybe both of them are gay? Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[mojitojoe]

Not hardly. Your entire life history is right here on FR.

[mojitojoe]

Ok now I will have to mention gay. Is this non-sequitur Jane? Because that post sure sounded like a homo. Oh.. Woe is me? You are a sissy.

[Tijeras_Slim]

now lives in Kansas

Pottawatomie Creek?