Posted on 02/28/2018 8:03:26 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
They’re ok with that because they promote the idea the parties switched ideologies at some point; so the repubs are really the democrats of today.
Yeah. That never made sense to me at all, but that’s what they believe. Slavery, Jim Crow, Segregation, KKK, Standing in the school house door, opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — all of that is somehow, magically tied to the Republicans, and — through some miracle — the Democrats are now the Good Guys of US History.
Amazingly successful propaganda.
Regards,
Saw it in the theater and have the DVD. I enjoyed it not for the history, which had numerous liberties taken on it, but for the performances by Daniel Day Lewis, David Strathairn, and James Spader. Tommy Lee Jones and Jared Harris were excellent as well. Sally Fields, on the other hand, was horrible.
This the same movie shown in theaters awhile back? That one was pretty good.
Aside from it being one of the most boring Civil War movies that I ever seen, you would have thought that they were trying to convey the idea that Lincoln would be a Democrat in today’s World.
Yeah - I almost turned it off...glad I didn’t. It was better than I thought it would be.
The Democrats of late have been so successful in playing the race card against everyone else that, now, everyone else wants to play the race card right back.
The general idea is if Republicans loudly call Democrats racists then progressives will reject big government, salute the flag, and stop coveting their neighbors property.
That is not going to happen for lots of reasons.
The Internet for one thing. Everyone can now access the fact that when Democrats were openly white supremacists, Republicans were also openly white supremacists. Lincoln for example.
There is a better strategy for Republicans today: advocate for God and Country.
No, and I haven’t seen his “Johnson” on Netflix either.
Ping
Very boring movie. Liberals don’t care about history, they think history began on the day they were hatched.
pretty entertaining film
lots of talking.
not real action packed.
but good.
And look, the Radical Republicans were a bit too over the top I think. They had their hearts in the right place but I think the viciousness was not needed.
Frankly, I think humankind was moving toward ending slavery in the states as it had been in England.
The institution would’ve ended in a slower, less deadly way. And by the way, is it impossible to think the states rights issue would’ve moved in a more southern direction if Dixie had decided to end slavery more quickly?
I know all this might be anathema to some, but I think states rights are good and slavery was bad....so I am just thinking out loud that if King Cotton had stopped involuntary servitude it would’ve fared better for a more structured federalist system. Instead, we got an overbearing bureaucracy in DC and hundreds of thousands of Americans killed in the War Between the States.
And the hatred with which both sides, north and south, sometimes viewed each other, was sad.
jmho.
Amazing even in lincoln’s day how effective Marx’s writings had become here!
(Published in Greeley’s NYT for approx 10 years)
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I thought it was informative and excellent and the PCBS was mild by today’s standards.
Frankly, with Spielberg being the boss on the movie. It was surprisingly balanced.
I saw the film. It was good. But the focused on the words “Republican” and “Democrat” wasn’t emphasized.
It was just the Southern racists against change vs. The progressive Northerners.
One thing everyone forgets about Lincoln is that he wasn’t able to avoid War that killed 1.3 million Americans. If someone else would have been elected in 1960 (which almost happened, he should have lost the Democratic Party bid), the Civil War might have been avoided. And a peaceful end of slavery might have happened 20 years later.
We will never know. But nobody ever holds Lincoln responsible for NOT being able to avoid the Civil War.
Sorry 1860. :)
And the Republican Party Bid.
I particularly enjoyed the sense of humor that came through in Day-Lewis’ performance. And I cried when Lincoln was shot.
What a coincidence.
democrats are still opposed to freedom for blacks to this day. They just pay lip service to the ghetto and hood mentality, which is of their creation.
Segregation in schools and society in general? They can’t get enough of it.
The supposed Congressional Black Caucus is all democrat.
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