Actually every one of these threads should start with an apology from Northern Freepers to the Southern Freepers.
Fellow Conservative,
I apologize for the North and it's legacy of forcing our Southern Conservatives back into this inglorious Union which has show itself to be a Federal juggernaut forcing progressivism and socialism down the throats of a great Southern people that wanted to be free. For this, I am deeply sorry"
- signed a repentent Neo Yankee
L.O.L!
I don’t think we can put this all on Lincoln, but he certainly accelerated the process. I am from Missouri and my Dad always argued with his sister, my aunt, that Lincoln was the worst president ever for the lives he cost on both sides. God rest their souls.