…when it was politically convenient yo do so to garner support for the war, especially from Britain.
The reflecting pool is part of the Lincoln Memorial.
Yes, that Lincoln. The one who freed the slaves.
callouscomic@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
The reflecting pool is part of the Lincoln Memorial.
Yes, that Lincoln. The one who freed the slaves.
…when it was politically convenient yo do so to garner support for the war, especially from Britain.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
— Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln fought slavery to protect another evil: settler colonialism, i.e. the Union.
Every President of AmeriKKKa voluntarily helmed a white supremacist settler-colonial entity. There’s no good Presidents, and there never will be.
Steve@communick.news 1 day ago
That’s called shifting the goalpost.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
internet-delenda-est yeah obviously I was a bit sloppy in my initial response. Wow. Absolutely shocking. This isn’t fucking debate club.
Actually you haven’t. Under Lincoln’s presidency, the Union went on to nominally outlaw slavery — except in cas es of crime. The 13th Amendment has been used to keep penal slavery illegal. Lincoln himself did not personally own slaves, but he was absolutely complicit as a President in maintaining the institution of slavery.
The reason I don’t like the monuments is because I am an outspoken anarchist and AmeriKKKa is a shining beacon on a hill for everything I despise about the world.
m0darn@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
This is maybe the most absolutely deranged thing I have ever read.
Steve@communick.news 1 day ago
You’re just making a different shift here.
Shifting the definition of slaver, from one commonly understood usage, to your own personal version.
But that doesn’t even matter, as you admit that’s not the reason you don’t like it.
The reason you don’t like it, isn’t any rational practical reason. It’s an ideological dogmatism. A decree. Because you don’t like it, other’s shouldn’t be allowed to. Which is kind of funny coming from “an outspoken anarchist”.