Friday, September 14, 2012

Spielberg's "Lincoln" Another Myth-Making Whitewash of America's Bloodiest President

Steven Spielberg, a liberal supporter of Barack Obama, does his best to give new life to the Lincoln myth.  Once again, Old Abe is shown as a sage, a saint, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Apostle Paul all rolled into one.

Spielberg's Lincoln is all about "ending slavery," and pictured as a sensitive, caring soul, almost a wimp.  The real Lincoln didn't give a hoot in hell about ending slavery; he only wanted to drag the bleeding South back into a Union it no longer wanted, a Union that was no longer voluntary, all so Abe could keep his tax revenues.  Also, Dishonest Abe detested black people, swore like a sailor, didn't believe in the Bible, and told ribald jokes.  That probably won't be in the film.  Also, don't count on the film showing his anti-black speeches in the Lincoln-Douglas debates, or his lecture to blacks visiting the White House (on how inferior they were to whites), or his letter to Horace Greeley regarding his non-stance on slavery.  Also, there is little possibility of the film showing Lincoln approving of total war, the use of Confederate officers as a shield against artillery, the burning of private homes, farms and universities or the random shelling of civilians in Charleston.  No, I suspect the Spielberg Lincoln will be too busy weeping for suffering mankind, feeling deep emotions, and emoting like a bleeding heart on steroids.

We will never be rid of the Lincoln myth.  It will be with us always, like flies on cow pies, mosquitoes in July and ants at a picnic.  Have a look at the trailer below but try not to vomit.

9 comments:

  1. We may disagree a bit here. Lincoln was far from being either a saint or a tyrant. I think he was a basically good man thrust into a bad situation. I don't agree with all of his decisions, but I think he knew he had to take drastic measures under the circumstances, and like most presidents, suffered a lot of bad advise from people with their own axes to grind. Just for the record, except for slavery, my sympathies lie with the South, and Lee was the greatest man of the whole period.

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  2. Gorges, a man who jailed thousands without charges or trial, shut down hundreds of newspapers, tried to arrest the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (for declaring Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional), and consented to the arrest and forcible deportation of a US congressman (for disagreeing with the war) -- well, that's pretty much a tyrant in my book.

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    1. Then I guess Davis is a tyrant too because he did the same(arrested people without trial and suspended habeas corpus).

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  3. What he did was a forerunner to the NDAA.

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  4. Mr. Smythe,

    You say, "...except for slavery, my sympathies lie with the South." Slavery was foundational to the North, particularly New England (Boston), New York (banks and stocks) and Philadelphia (insurance). Yankee ships under foreign flags continued to carry slaves until around 1870. Only in the South, were Africans in domestic servitude as subordinate members of households flourishing, that is, there indigenous population growing without the need for further importation of slaves. Elsewhere, the death rate demanded continued importation of Africans. I suggest that you do away with that one remaining exception.

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    1. I agree with Mr. Peters. Well said, Robert.

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    2. Not sure what blackmark sales has to do with it? But I'll tell you what is tired and old- the myth of the happy darkie treated as part of the family. The population was increasing because of the adultery of the White masters. Southern sympathizer Mary Chesnut was quite open about all the mulatto children that resembled the White children *exactly*
      The south rebelled for slavery not for states' rights.

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  5. I have never heard that before, and I doubt that it is true.

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  6. Unknown you are so full of shit.

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