How do southerners feel about Lincoln today? Are some still bitter?

Answer 1

I'm from East Tennessee but I have just completed reading a biography of the man. Hell, if he ran for office today I'd vote for him. I feel he was one of America's great presidents, and I'm happy he preserved our Union, which I'm sure helped our Nation as a whole grow in the years after the Civil war into the power it has become today. I feel he was a good man, a good president, and really just a downright good person, whether he became president or ended up staying a lawyer back home. I have a great respect for the man, and cannot understand how some southerners, if any, can dislike him. I feel that to be bitter about the civil war is to say you dislike your citizenship as an American (because you have to share it with people that live in the north) and quite simply, those people do not support our country, no matter what state they live in. I feel many would see Lincoln a little differently if they were more educated on the man himself, but these are all just my opinions. To the point, I am a southerner, and I admire lincoln, and am not bitter. Hope this helps answer your question

Answer 2

I understand that Lincoln was a big part of Southern History, but it's time to move forward. If Southerners STILL have bitter thoughts about Lincoln, then they have obviously been deaf and blind for the last oh 140-150 years?

Answer 3

Bitter because of the revised history of his administration, perhaps. Lincoln was one of the most cynical politicians in our history , rating down there with Jackson .

Answer 4

yes, ew
i hate him
i hate how everyone is like OMG LINCOLN DAY
OMG HE WAS THIS GENIUS...
he made people miserable. and i hate all those books on HURRAY LINCOLN. gone with the wind was the one that got it right.

Answer 5

I live in Louisiana, and I could care less about him; he's dead.