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Thomas DiLorenzo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: Lincoln Unmasked and The Real Lincoln
DiLorenzo has devoted much effort to historical revisionism, focusing on what he has been called "the myth of Lincoln" as a political and historical phenomenon. He said, "Lincoln is on record time after time rejecting the idea of racial equality. But whenever anyone brings this up, the Lincoln partisans go to the extreme to smear the bearer of bad news." [5] In the same vein, DiLorenzo has spoken out in favor of the secession of the Confederate States of America, defending the right of these states to secede in a view similar to that of abolitionist Lysander Spooner.[6] He has also criticized the crediting of the New Deal for ending the Great Depression.[7]
In 2002, DiLorenzo debated Harry V. Jaffa on the merits of Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship prior to and during the civil war.
DiLorenzo is a frequent speaker at von Mises Institute events, and offers several online courses on political subjects on the Mises Academy platform.[3]
He was formerly an affiliated lecturer of the League of the South Institute, the research arm of the pro-secession League of the South[8] He has denied any lasting affiliation, noting that he only gave a few lectures there shortly after its founding.[9][10]
The Southern Poverty Law Center considers DiLorenzo one of the most important intellectuals "who form the core of the modern neo-Confederate movement." They believe DiLorenzo's depiction of president Abraham Lincoln paints Lincoln as a "paragon of wickedness, a man secretly intent on destroying states' rights and building a massive federal government."[11]
Uh-Huh. 'Nuff Said.
Jroc, reading history is good for the soul if you read it objectively.
Yes, Lincoln was anti-slavery before 1862, but he was not developing into an abolitionist before the summer of 1862.
AL told the departed states that they could return to Union voluntarily and maintain their slaves. That changed by the summer of 1862 when Lincoln realized that South would have to be conquered and in order to do that, the abolition of slavery was morally and militarily necessary.
Jroc, reading history is good for the soul if you read it objectively.
Yes, Lincoln was anti-slavery before 1862, but he was not developing into an abolitionist before the summer of 1862.
AL told the departed states that they could return to Union voluntarily and maintain their slaves. That changed by the summer of 1862 when Lincoln realized that South would have to be conquered and in order to do that, the abolition of slavery was morally and militarily necessary.
Thank you
It is easy for those of us capable of reason, that this statement clearly reveals his intentions to commit war upon fellow Americans, should they refuse the national authority of collecting tariffs.
It is easy for those of us capable of reason, that this statement clearly reveals his intentions to commit war upon fellow Americans, should they refuse the national authority of collecting tariffs.
So the South fught the Civil War to prevent the federal government from collecting tariffs??? That might have been true when Andy Jackson threatened to march the army to South Carolina in1832 and hang all the traitors, led by his former Vice resident John C Calhoun. On May 1, 1833, Jackson wrote, "the tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and southern confederacy the real object. The next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question." [Correspondence of Andrew Jackson, Vol. V, p. 72.]
It is easy for those of us capable of reason, that this statement clearly reveals his intentions to commit war upon fellow Americans, should they refuse the national authority of collecting tariffs.
So the South fught the Civil War to prevent the federal government from collecting tariffs??? That might have been true when Andy Jackson threatened to march the army to South Carolina in1832 and hang all the traitors, led by his former Vice resident John C Calhoun. On May 1, 1833, Jackson wrote, "the tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and southern confederacy the real object. The next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question." [Correspondence of Andrew Jackson, Vol. V, p. 72.]
It is easy for those of us capable of reason, that this statement clearly reveals his intentions to commit war upon fellow Americans, should they refuse the national authority of collecting tariffs.
So the South fught the Civil War to prevent the federal government from collecting tariffs??? That might have been true when Andy Jackson threatened to march the army to South Carolina in1832 and hang all the traitors, led by his former Vice resident John C Calhoun. On May 1, 1833, Jackson wrote, "the tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and southern confederacy the real object. The next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question." [Correspondence of Andrew Jackson, Vol. V, p. 72.]
You failed to read or comprehend Dishonest Abe's inaugural address. He clearly states he will pursue military action against any state that fails to do what the national authority demands. Those who think tariffs were not behind Lincoln's aggressive military actions against fellow Americans, thus committing treason, are not thinking.
(Or, How a Real Statesman Would Have Ended Slavery)
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
"Every other country in the world got rid of slavery without a civil war . . . . How much would that cost compared to killing 600,000 Americans when the hatred lingered for 100 years."
~ Ron Paul to Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" in 2007
The new Steven Spielberg movie about Lincoln is entirely based on a fiction, to use a mild term. As longtime Ebony magazine executive editor Lerone Bennett, Jr. explained in his book, Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincolns White Dream: "There is a pleasant fiction that Lincoln . . . became a flaming advocate of the [Thirteenth] amendment and used the power of his office to buy votes to ensure its passage. There is no evidence, as David H. Donald has noted, to support that fiction". (Emphasis added).
In fact, as Bennett shows, it was the genuine abolitionists in Congress who forced Lincoln to support the Thirteenth Amendment that ended slavery, something he refused to do for fifty-four of his fifty-six years. The truth, in other words, is precisely the opposite of the story told in Spielbergs Lincoln movie, which is based on the book Team of Rivals by the confessed plagiarist/court historian Doris Kearns-Goodwin. (My LRC review of her book was entitled "A Plagiarists Contribution to Lincoln Idolatry").
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Does Ron Paul feel the same way about the American Revolution??
Lincoln said the South must (1) recognize federal authority, (2) accept constitutional and electoral process, and (3) no slavery in the territories.
If you can get tariffs under (1), then, oK, but tariffs were a very minor issue.
So the South fught the Civil War to prevent the federal government from collecting tariffs??? That might have been true when Andy Jackson threatened to march the army to South Carolina in1832 and hang all the traitors, led by his former Vice resident John C Calhoun. On May 1, 1833, Jackson wrote, "the tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and southern confederacy the real object. The next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question." [Correspondence of Andrew Jackson, Vol. V, p. 72.]
You failed to read or comprehend Dishonest Abe's inaugural address. He clearly states he will pursue military action against any state that fails to do what the national authority demands. Those who think tariffs were not behind Lincoln's aggressive military actions against fellow Americans, thus committing treason, are not thinking.
I've said it before, and I will say it again. The biggest mistake this country ever made was bringing slaves into the country. The second biggest mistake was to not ship them all back to where they came from once they were freed.
I've said it before, and I will say it again. The biggest mistake this country ever made was bringing slaves into the country. The second biggest mistake was to not ship them all back to where they came from once they were freed.
God, that is stupid
I've said it before, and I will say it again. The biggest mistake this country ever made was bringing slaves into the country. The second biggest mistake was to not ship them all back to where they came from once they were freed.
God, that is stupid
Yeah - Like you're some sort of expert on intelligence. Fuck off.
God, that is stupid
Yeah - Like you're some sort of expert on intelligence. Fuck off.
No, that is REALLY Stupid
Not as in that is a stupid idea, but the very act of posting puts your intellectual capability in serious doubt
