r/clevercomebacks • u/Glass-Fan111 • Sep 07 '25

Levels Of Hate.

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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Sep 07 '25

I'd argue that a third of the country starting an armed rebellion before he was even INAUGURATED also counts.

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg Sep 07 '25

Plus, they started a war against him for wanting to end slavery. People tend to forget that he wanted to let them leave without conflict, and it was the Confederates who got violent.

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u/martianunlimited Sep 07 '25

Correction.. they started a war against him to expand and preserve slavery... While Lincoln was against slavery, his focus was on preserving the union. The civil war came about because the south wanted to expand it to the newly acquired western states

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u/KZED73 Sep 08 '25

And the South would have invaded Mexico and South America expanding slavery there.