Followup to put "Chez Watt" in the header. (Gotta follow my own rules.)
On 5/22/24 6:32 PM, Mark Isaak wrote:
Chez Watt nomination. Category: What logic looks like when you can't
admit a mistake.
This really isn't difficult. I fail to see how you have so many
problems with it.
Yes, Lincoln's goal was to preserve the Union.
Why did the Union need preserving?
Because slave states seceded. (Not "succeeded".)
Why did those states secede?
Slavery.
Don't take my word for it.
Look up the Articles of Secession. Read the Cornerstone speech.
It's all written down.
You are right. This was the South's reason for the secession, but
secession was due to a misunderstanding of Lincoln's objective. This
based upon Lincoln's expressed words as to his objective in his letter
almost 2 years after the start of the war.
--
Mark Isaak
"Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between 'That
doesn't make sense' and 'I don't understand.'" - Mary Doria Russell
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