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I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races ... I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be a position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
[ + ] AntiPostmodernist
[ - ] AntiPostmodernist 6 points 1 yearMar 17, 2023 21:51:21 ago (+7/-1)*
Which would have almost made up for the fact that he set the precedent for ignoring the founding papers of his country and just doing as he pleases.
The south had a right to leave the union, he should have respected that.
[ + ] s23erdctfvyg
[ - ] s23erdctfvyg 3 points 1 yearMar 17, 2023 22:52:38 ago (+3/-0)
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Also, it wouldn't have made up for the towns and cities his men genocided on his orders. The outcome we got is incredibly bad, but Lincoln being alive would have probably been worse.
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[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 1 yearMar 17, 2023 22:59:21 ago (+2/-0)
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[ - ] Breeder 3 points 1 yearMar 17, 2023 23:47:00 ago (+3/-0)
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[ - ] Centaurus 1 point 1 yearMar 17, 2023 22:54:15 ago (+1/-0)
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[ - ] SumerBreeze [op] 3 points 1 yearMar 17, 2023 23:57:00 ago (+3/-0)
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[ - ] Laputois 0 points 1 yearMar 18, 2023 09:20:12 ago (+0/-0)
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[ - ] chrimony 0 points 1 yearMar 17, 2023 23:16:37 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] SumerBreeze
[ - ] SumerBreeze [op] 0 points 1 yearMar 17, 2023 23:58:06 ago (+0/-0)
He murdered 10,000+ Northerners that refused conscription.
The South seceded because of high tariffs imposed on them, as they were not buying industrial equipment from the inefficient and sloppy North, but through European trade.
[ + ] chrimony
[ - ] chrimony 0 points 1 yearMar 18, 2023 00:33:54 ago (+0/-0)
Yeah, he did. He said so, just like he said he said that blacks were not fit to live among Whites. But he didn't want to force the slave states into non-slavery before the war. So when slave holding states stayed in the Union during the civil war, he exempted them from his edict. That was a political decision to states that hadn't joined the secession.
Facts matter. Save the bullshit.