Lincoln

[Justin Schwartz]

>
> >I don't know this nook, but the idea isn't crazy in the abstract. Lincoln
> >was, or became, a fan of a big, strong, national govt, and engaged in
>fairly
> >serious repression, which the Confederacy did not even while at war. That
> >doesn't mean Lincoln wasn't right! jks
>
>But this is a delusional nook.  You can get the same slant on Lincoln in
>Vidal.  But to make the antebellum south, with its peculiar institutions,
>its archaic class relations, the humidifying odor of paternalism &
>patriarchy,
>as something resembling a positive counterpoint to Lincoln,
>especially one like llibertarianism is beyond bizarre. Between
>the constraints of duty and honor - the hallmarks of traditional
>order and slavery, I don't see a lot of precious room for
>libertarian choice.  People pushing such ideas a more a
>variant on symbolic racism.
>
>DB

I am sure the authors of the book is a neoconfederate kook, and probably a 
racist. I wasn't myself suggesting that the South had anything positive to 
offer. Maybe I should have been more clear. Lincoln was right.

jks

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