tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52699127070342751.post1212955680273394646..comments2023-02-23T06:13:35.437-08:00Comments on Bones Politics: Was Abraham Lincoln a Racist?Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506068154852505840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52699127070342751.post-70776123604868573832012-07-05T06:32:53.162-07:002012-07-05T06:32:53.162-07:00Abraham Lincoln's past finally caught up with ...Abraham Lincoln's past finally caught up with him? Historical evidence of Lincoln's "unconventionality" had been published by noted historians since the 1990s - facts include that Abraham Lincoln's gay lover since his law college days named Joshua Speed was revealed to be an owner of black African slaves. Even a prominent socialite who knew Lincoln - named Virginia Woodbury Fox - posted on her diary, which for all intents and purposes a Victorian Era Twitter, that he saw Lincoln sleep with his bodyguard back in 1862.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07762766021860517042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52699127070342751.post-12673009041928408792009-03-26T06:05:00.000-07:002009-03-26T06:05:00.000-07:00As a fan of Abraham Lincoln, Friedrich Nietzsche, ...As a fan of Abraham Lincoln, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Richard Wagner, I do agree that an overwhelming majority of great people of the 19th Century were a complex bunch. I've also just discovered a few weeks ago that W.E.B. Du Bois did join the Communist Party USA. <BR/>Professor Gates' book reminds me of a story of Francisco Felix de Souza - one of the historical personalities of the Transatlantic Slave Trade , who is still remembered in Benin - not as a tyrant - but a hero for defying colonial powers. Which only shows that mythical delusions are a more enthralling form of subjugation than mere pig iron shakles alone.Nadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863337525873209650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52699127070342751.post-63725856781968668782009-03-09T03:44:00.000-07:002009-03-09T03:44:00.000-07:00Isn't the whole of February 2009 the most interest...Isn't the whole of February 2009 the most interesting President's Day, Black History Month, and Abraham Lincoln's birthday ever? After watching the PBS documentary Looking for Lincoln, I too agree that the Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin's "view" on Abraham Lincoln is more suitable for middle-school-level students. Just imagine the shock of their parents if middle-school kids start reading Friedrich Nietzsche's The Will to Power or Beyond Good and Evil as part of their civics class. <BR/>The noted historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s historical assessment of Abraham Lincoln reminds me of that moment back in my youth when I found out that my childhood heroes - namely Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner - were anti-Semitic. <BR/>As we celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Professor Gates' "catharthic" assessment of Lincoln's "complex" life will not be easily forgotten.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194306849971516946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52699127070342751.post-41557375614718947422009-03-05T03:46:00.000-08:002009-03-05T03:46:00.000-08:00Was the movie Cold Mountain also controversial bec...Was the movie Cold Mountain also controversial because it wasn't shot on American soil? Anyway, I've just started reading Lincoln on Race and Slavery by Dr. Henry lois Gates, Jr. and I can only say the book is really controversial despite of its historic authenticity. About as controversial as W.E.B. DuBois joining the American Communist Party. <BR/>Abraham Lincoln is also one of the few Americans who is held in high regard in the Islamic world. Stranger still, it was the American Civil War that redeemed him. Unlike the former President Bush whose reputation was ruined by the 2003 invasion of Iraq in search of nonexistent WMDs. <BR/>AS for President Barack Obama aspiring to be as great as Abraham Lincoln, to me, its a good thing.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734540074567393781noreply@blogger.com