I think a lot about the fact that everyone said Abe Lincoln was known for being ugly, like even his friends would just straight up say he was horrifying to physically look at, but none of us can see that now because he just "looks like Abe Lincoln"https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson/status/1329995873326022657?s=20 …
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I guess you can sort of see it in the old photos from when he was younger and didn't have a beard The main issue people had with him was he was always underweight, and actually lost weight with age and stress His sunken cheeks were often compared to a skullpic.twitter.com/SaU1m3SpEG
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Replying to @arthur_affect
well but that's what people *thought* - growing up he was known for physical strength, in labor & sport (wrestling, throwing heavy things, &c). on his deathbed visitors commented on his previously-unsuspected robust physique. he was just gangly/awkward
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Yes, all of Lincoln's lanky 6'4" 180 lb (at his heaviest) frame was pure muscle During his presidency he had a young man massage him in bed every night to help him get to sleep, who told curious reporters, "He is the most powerful man I have ever touched"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @HilltopXer
There is a Lincoln log joke in there somewhere....
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Yeah see people officially say there "isn't even enough evidence" to say if Lincoln was gay but you just come across random tidbits like that whenever you read about him
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I remember seeing a post about Spielberg's Lincoln where the guy said one friend said "I can't believe they were too cowardly to touch the gay stuff" in the movie and another one said "I can't believe they were so blatant with the gay stuff!" Both of them gay men
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So I guess... they hit that target of "ambiguity" dead center The whole thing where during his presidency he was known for "enjoying the company" of young men in their 20s, soldiers and telegraph boys and White House pages, with whom he could talk much more freely than his wife
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Just pouring his heart out to a fresh-faced Union Army private played by 2012 Adam Driver all "I can't say these things to Mary Todd, I have to be strong for her"
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Given what you'you've said he kind of sounds bi, but could also be gay. The ambiguity is there, I agree.
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His relationship with his wife was certainly... intense
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