Comments on: “A New Birth of Freedom”? Oh, the Irony. http://georgedonnelly.com/opinion/new-birth-of-freedom-irony A Left Libertarian Market Anarchist Blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:35:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: George Donnelly http://georgedonnelly.com/opinion/new-birth-of-freedom-irony/comment-page-1/#comment-7606 George Donnelly Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:23:52 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=1114#comment-7606 I think you're right J. "He protected us from further attacks." and all that. Who will be the next Howard Zinn? We need historians like him in order to counterbalance the officialistic ones. I think you’re right J. “He protected us from further attacks.” and all that. Who will be the next Howard Zinn? We need historians like him in order to counterbalance the officialistic ones.

]]> By: J http://georgedonnelly.com/opinion/new-birth-of-freedom-irony/comment-page-1/#comment-7605 J Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:36:18 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=1114#comment-7605 Yea and they'll probably come up with a way to make Bush look good eventually too. History is written by those those with the most powerful pens. Yea and they’ll probably come up with a way to make Bush look good eventually too. History is written by those those with the most powerful pens.

]]> By: George Donnelly http://georgedonnelly.com/opinion/new-birth-of-freedom-irony/comment-page-1/#comment-7602 George Donnelly Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:56:31 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=1114#comment-7602 Mike, he didn't free the slaves. And he said many times he was not interested in freeing the slaves. In fact, Lincoln was a white supremacist. He did not believe in equality before the law for blacks. The Civil War was not fought about slavery but due to the conflict between the diverging commercial interests of the north and south. Have you read the Emancipation Proclamation? It only applied to states where he did not have the power to effect it, and specifically did NOT apply to states where he DID have the power to effect it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_proclamation Seriously, wake up. This isn't grade school social studies class anymore. Mike, he didn’t free the slaves. And he said many times he was not interested in freeing the slaves. In fact, Lincoln was a white supremacist. He did not believe in equality before the law for blacks.

The Civil War was not fought about slavery but due to the conflict between the diverging commercial interests of the north and south.

Have you read the Emancipation Proclamation? It only applied to states where he did not have the power to effect it, and specifically did NOT apply to states where he DID have the power to effect it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_proclamation

Seriously, wake up. This isn’t grade school social studies class anymore.

]]> By: mike http://georgedonnelly.com/opinion/new-birth-of-freedom-irony/comment-page-1/#comment-7601 mike Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:50:45 +0000 http://georgedonnelly.com/?p=1114#comment-7601 yeah! that is so ironic! Oh, but fuck the part about him freeing the slaves and bringing us one step closer to equal rights! we dont count that part when talking about the irony.... yeah! that is so ironic! Oh, but fuck the part about him freeing the slaves and bringing us one step closer to equal rights! we dont count that part when talking about the irony….

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