The Spectre to [email protected] • 1 day agoUSA’s presidents have all been awful humanslemmy.mlimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1514arrow-down148cross-posted to: politicalmemes
arrow-up1466arrow-down1imageUSA’s presidents have all been awful humanslemmy.mlThe Spectre to [email protected] • 1 day agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: politicalmemes
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-218 hours agoI’m not American, so I don’t really know that part of your history. Edit: he was assassinated for wanting to give black people citizenship is what I’m reading…?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•17 hours agoYou are correct. The only other thing that Lincoln is criticized for is suspending habeas corpus during the US civil war. I don’t know what the person you’re commenting on is on about. They may be a confederate sympathizer.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•16 hours agoHow do you read that from what I wrote? My point was: he attempted or was associated with an attempt to do something less then the worst thing he could. And he was shot for it.
I’m not American, so I don’t really know that part of your history.
Edit: he was assassinated for wanting to give black people citizenship is what I’m reading…?
You are correct. The only other thing that Lincoln is criticized for is suspending habeas corpus during the US civil war. I don’t know what the person you’re commenting on is on about. They may be a confederate sympathizer.
How do you read that from what I wrote?
My point was: he attempted or was associated with an attempt to do something less then the worst thing he could. And he was shot for it.