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Words That Got a Congressman Deported

- Tom DiLorenzo - lewRockwell

To my knowledge DiLorenzo has never criticized any Civil War individual for their support of slavery - from Jeff Davis, who led an insurrection for the expansion of slavery; to Robert E. Lee, who sent thousands of young men to their deaths in support of it. DiLorenzo has even denigrated General Sherman's march through Georgia while never mentioning Lee's invasion of the North and spoilage of the Shenandoah Valley. In fact, had General Meade not stopped Lee at Gettysburg the latter and his scavenging troops would have laid even greater waste. This is mindboggling: that someone who professes some interests in liberty would invest such time and effort in the critique of President Lincoln who ended slavery in the entire United States with the 13th Amendment.

What mental gymnastics must DiLorenzo go through to allow this to happen?

Man's ability to spin facts to fit some ill conceived philosophical premise is truly amazing -- and truly sad.

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Beginning of the headline :Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham (D-Ohio) was the original American "whistleblower." Serving as a member of Congress from Dayton, Ohio during the War to Prevent Southern Independence, his criticisms of the Lincoln regime earned him the reputation as the leader of the Democratic opposition. The Republican Party smeared him (and all other opponents as a "copperhead" (a.k.a. snake in the grass). On May ... Read More

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