It's a justified critique of Spielberg's Lincoln that it centered privileged white politicians But I did appreciate how the 13th Amendment was essentially passed by mafia tactics, because that's the only way you pass anything "controversial"https://twitter.com/danialexis/status/1356316427704217604?s=19 …
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I need to stress this again: Slavery was only ever banned because the majority of pro-slavery voters went too far, took up arms against the government, and therefore lost the fight to vote It only happened because they were disenfranchised
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If the Radical Republicans had waited around for people to organically change their minds about the issue, in the name of "bipartisanship" and "unity", the 13th Amendment would never have passed Hell we would probably still have slavery today
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Part of the movies glory is it a. Had no illusions about Southerners being amenable to reason. B. Celebrated Lincoln and Co for playing hardball and even being deceitful like when Lincoln hides the fact Southern generals are in DC to negotiate
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