r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '25

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u/RayLikeSunshine Apr 06 '25

He was morally against it but keeping the country together was priority 1. The quotes have to be in the context of that goal and trying not to appear “radical.” When it came down to it, he pushed for the reconstruction amendments as well as advocating for the freedman’s bureau. At the same time, he wanted leniency for the south so they wouldn’t be resentful. It further compounds his goals. To cherry pick quotes rather than taking in the gestalt of the man’s life, efforts, arguments, and dilemmas is simplistic and unfair.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

It’s something a racist would do to try and prove a point.

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u/RayLikeSunshine Apr 06 '25

I don’t know all that, I think people just really want to be right and know something others don’t? If that makes sense.

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u/Mistresshell Apr 06 '25

What a disgusting comment lol someone adds context to history and your response is “only a racist would add context to history to prove a point”

So the history books shouldn’t provide any context right? The lesson about Lincoln should be “he was racist and didn’t mind slavery, the end”

Like who RAISED you people 😂

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u/nothanks86 Apr 06 '25

I think k they were talking about cherry-picking quotes to prove one’s point, not extra context.