Well, I mean, if a Republican wants to try and use Lincoln as a cudgel upon which to defend themselves vis-a-vis the moral charge I make against them, then I invite them to do so. I know much of the history of Lincoln and the formative years of these United States. We'll see whose argument stands the pressure of argumentative scrutiny. I invite any partisan Republican Party supporter to throw the example of Abraham Lincoln down in front of me as some moral license to support this illegitimate president. Beyond invitation, I dare them to do so, actually. Please. Feed me the sustenance of these foolish arguments, such that I can demonstrate the charlatanism in them all.
It may be a radical tangent to your argument, but I wonder, here, at how the right employs this sort of doublethink/double speak in their "Lincoln was a Republican" argument. They argue that Abraham Lincoln was, perhaps, the most consequential progressive in American history. (This proceeds from the "Lincoln freed the slaves"…
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