Choose Your Heroes Wisely

If a leader were to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, be responsible for hundreds of thousands of his fellow citizens deaths, wreak total destruction on cities and wage war on woman and children, arrest and imprison thousands of people without charging them with a crime what would you call him? A tyrant?

If a leader were to send troops to interfere with elections and see to it that anyone who opposed him was denied the right to vote, what would you call him? A dictator?

If a leader authorized the arrest of anyone who refused to pray for him and burned their churches and launched a campaign of aggressive forced military service, what would you call him? A despot?

Who is this horrible oppressor? Sounds like Lenin, Stalin or Hitler doesn’t it?

Actually, it was Abraham Lincoln.

Not so honest Abe was the first pro-Nationalism President. I guess you could also say he was the first RINO, since he was really a Whig who joined the Republican Party after the Whig party ceased to exist. But he never gave up his Whig political philosophy. Whigs could be thought of today as big centralized government Socialists. Abe trampled on our Constitution with a vengeance and we haven’t been the same since.

No wonder the Liberals love him.

Oh, and by the way, he didn’t really oppose slavery either. These historical facts about Lincoln are all available to anyone who cares to know the truth.

When Lincoln ordered the assassination of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, the South decided to return the favor. If you know the history, you know why John Wilkes Booth said, “Thus always to tyrants” after he shot Lincoln. Of course he was an actor, so he said it in Latin “Sic semper tyrannis” for dramatic effect. That also happened to be the motto of Virginia.

Blind hero worship can be a dangerous thing. When choosing heroes, it pays to know the facts and choose wisely. Your freedom may depend upon it.