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In reply to the discussion: They raped my Grandmother, lynched my Uncle, broke up my family-you find honor, you racist prick? [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,971 posts)35. With malice toward none, with charity for all...
Lincoln thought he could ennoble the errant South by treating them with forgiveness and respect.
He was wrong. It simply emboldened them that their cause was righteous and they are still fighting for it. Of course, it's not only the South, but if those traitors had been handled with more justice and less consolation, maybe those attitudes would have faded rather than spread.
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They raped my Grandmother, lynched my Uncle, broke up my family-you find honor, you racist prick? [View all]
kpete
Oct 2017
OP
They consistently use the tactic of accusing the other side of things they themselves are guilty of.
StrictlyRockers
Oct 2017
#3
In order to be ok with slavery one has to think of slaves as something less than human.
Ligyron
Oct 2017
#21
Remember Lincoln ran on the platform that he was no threat to the south's system of slavery
Yupster
Oct 2017
#40
"Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?" Lee's traitorous behavior
Ukapau
Oct 2017
#12
An excellent comment at the bottom of the page with the Ta-Nehisi Coates piece:
scarletwoman
Oct 2017
#18
Ta-Nehisi Coates shredded John Kelly's statement on twitter w/ a very informative thread.
SaschaHM
Oct 2017
#33
I meant "ennoble" in the sense of making them see themselves as better than they were.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2017
#48