The last couple of generations are now reaping the rewards of an affirmative action education. Ignoramuses. Republican President Lincoln abolished slavery and freed the slaves the before the end of the Civil War. There is no slavery today except in the minds of the government plantation voters, Repeat, no slavery, honest Abe.
And I ain’t just whistlin’ Dixie.
Actually, GWTW is almost entirely factual - one of the most factually accurate novels ever written about the civil war. It inspired an entire generation of historians (the Shelby Foote generation). It didn’t win the Pulitzer because of the romance between Rhett and Scarlett (although that certainly is one of the main reasons it remains a bestseller) but because of it’s amazing representation of the thoughts, actions and way of life of North Georgians at the time and the presentation of the evolution of Atlanta from a small town into a major metropolis. Scarlett, of course, is a symbol of Atlanta and the new south. Rhett, certainly, is the voice of distain towards the south - viciously so at times.
“Republican President Lincoln abolished slavery and freed the slaves the before the end of the Civil War.”
No, he didn’t. Read history. Read Lincoln’s document.