Thousands Call For The Removal Of A Statue Of Abraham Lincoln With 'Degrading Racial Undertones'

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52. Good point. I've argued with neo-confederates

talking about the "War Between the States" which the North fought only to keep the South's wealth. OTOH, there are those that insist the Republicans are the party that freed the slaves and Democrats the ones who wanted to keep it (oblivious to the changes in the parties since then - so why aren't they Democrats?)

So to rant on about how bad Lincoln was is to be inconsistent with their claim that their party is the one that freed the slaves and accomplished everything after that.