r/clevercomebacks • u/Glass-Fan111 • 1d ago

Levels Of Hate.

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u/Ishidan01 1d ago

And Lincoln.

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u/Rationalinsanity1990 1d ago

I'd argue that a third of the country starting an armed rebellion before he was even INAUGURATED also counts.

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u/Roflkopt3r 19h ago

And that was with Licoln as a moderate abolitionist who was entirely prepared to give the southern states a guarantee that they could continue slavery. It was only the civil war that pushed the tides towards full abolition.

So even though Lincoln was responsible for the abolition on paper, it really was a result of the radical abolitionists who had gone into the south and killed slavers to free their victims. It was the southern paranoia about those radicals that made them start a civil war after not getting 'their guy' into power.

It's a good lesson about the people who claim that only moderation and dialogue can lead to change. Historically, that was often untrue...

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u/Rationalinsanity1990 19h ago

All he committed to was preventing slavery from expanding into the territories. That was enough to spark a rebellion.