I'm not arguing against all criticism of one's friends; I've never written anywhere that took that stance. But choices of tone & emphasis & narrative are pretty easy to detect in opinion writing; who is treated as a friend in need of correction, who a foe.https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1204503787362234370 …
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Lincoln never went with the purist Free Soilers. He welcomed ex-Know Nothings & machine politicians. He ran with a slave-owning Democrat as his VP. He made common cause with the Tsar when it helped the Union.
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Because he was literally at war with half of the other party. Joining the other party wasn’t an option—for him or them.
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The nation wasn't at war in 1854.
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