Abraham Lincoln | Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Interviewed by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN's "Q & A" television program, Dr. DiLorenzo discusses Lincoln, academia, and his two books: "The Real Lincoln" and "Lincoln Unmasked".

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[bcartner]

Lincoln was not trying to preserve the Union. He had a vendetta against the South, and HE WAS A RACIST. He would have colonized all African Americans if he had lived. He destroyed everything our Revolutionary Patriots fought to create for a free people.

[cleander180]

Secession IS legal so long as it is voted on in the state wishing to seceed, Never was it intended (esoecially by Jefferson who predicted the cetralization of power and teh loss of power in the states - as an aside Hitler's target ingaining complete control was destroying the greman states'independence). Ron Paul would BE the president in the pre-linsoln America - rather than an outsider.Abortion is a state issue "Roe v Wade"is an unconstitutional outcome as is the drug laws cont'd

[cleander180]

but Lincoln wanted a war to centralize power in Washington - Nothing to do with Slavery - read DiLorenzo - yes I have read the other side (goodwin who is a plagarist), Without Licoln,some states would haved bans on Abortion (as is their right) and others no bans; the

same applies to drug laws.

[cleander180]

and much of Roman Republican History (the fall of the True Republic) was studied to

attempt to avoid the same mistakes by use of checks and balances. Lincoln proved that a

President willing to ignore the Constitution and High Court could act as an unfettered

autocrat and the South lost as did the nation. If Lincoln had done as DiLorenxo points out

other western nations did and bought the slaves freedom all would have been well, but cony'd

[cleander180]

which remove the will by referendum of the people of a state to legalize Marijuana or Medicinal Marijuana. All such issues are STATE issues and if you don;t like - or find untenable - the laws of your state (so long as they are constitutional) you can live in a state with laws more to your belief system etc. When the colonies succesfully rebelled against GIII and gained independence it was understood that the union was voluntary cont'd

[maidenak]

Wow, I had no idea Tom DiLorenzo was such a horrible speaker. Does he have some kind of speech impediment? His writings are awesome, but his speaking is terrible!

[KayBeeEee1983]

@CODScumBags Look up the meaning of the word "explicit". You're confusing it with "implicit".

[CODScumBags]

@KayBeeEee1983 It was explicitly retained. Ever heard of the 10th amendment. We just sit silently as the FEDs run all over it.

[KayBeeEee1983]

@jimmys1978 ".To suddenly free all these people would have been disasterous for the South."

Well, it happened, and it wasn't disastrous. The idea that the southern economy NEEDED slavery is false. After emancipation, most of the slaves stayed right where they were. The plantation slaves became sharecroppers, the house slaves became butlers, maids, and cooks. The WAR destroyed the southern economy, not emancipation.

[KayBeeEee1983]

@vinnykster "The states came before the Union."

That's irrelevant and only true for 4 of the 11 seceding states. The other 7 were formed after the Constitution was ratified. 6 were formed BY the federal government.

Marriage is a good analogy because I'm pretty sure, in most states, both parties must give consent in order to divorce, or it at least needs to be authorized by an arbitrator. A husband can't just arbitrarily and immediately divorce his wife and claim their shared property as his own.

[KayBeeEee1983]

@vinnykster For the north, "preserving the union" meant preserving the tariffs, that's true. The tariffs wouldn't have been there if they weren't necessary. The tariff of 1857 had the lowest rate of the 19th century and one of the lowest in the world, at that time. And it severely hurt the northern economy.

The north was extremely racist, that's also true. They may have been even more racist than the south. The most racist character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a New England abolitionist.