Lincoln Lenses

Col Robert Gould Shaw: It stinks, I suppose.
Private Trip: Yeah, it stinks bad. And we all covered up in it too. Ain't nobody clean. Be nice to get clean, though.
--Glory

Isn't it amusing that the Left likes to paint those who founded the country as racists while giving Lincoln a free pass, despite overwhelming evidence of Lincoln's racist tendencies?

The difference, of course, is that the Framers endeavored to suppress government in favor of liberty, while Lincoln endeavored to suppress liberty in favor of government.

Lincoln's Big Government practices caught the eye of Statists around the world, including Karl Marx. It shouldn't be surprising that Lincoln captivates today's Left as well.

Lincoln's racism, however, upsets the Left's narrative. So, similar to being unable to view income taxes as a form of slavery, the Left must see Lincoln through a lens that filters out his racist behavior.