Fred Borch's Opinion of Lincoln

[Rob Wick]

(09-29-2024 06:02 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  I think that President Lincoln and the American Civil War should be a mandatory one-year history course for all high school senior students throughout the nation. It is fundamental to an understanding of the basis for democracy. This is especially true now and henceforward. Research online and books such as Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals and Professor Michael Burlingame's Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Vol. Two) [especially for detailed research on a specific topic, such as the "Dakota 38"] are so useful.

So, what exactly are schools going to give up to fulfill this indoctrination? Let's be honest about it, David, that's what you're asking for. Public schools are already pushed to the limit without having to include nonsense like this in the curriculum. All you want is for students to see things like you do. So what if someone wants to introduce a viewpoint that the Dakota 38 was a massacre and not an example of Lincoln's beneficence? "Students must learn to love Lincoln like I do. No other viewpoints are welcome."

Your hero-worship is getting tiresome, David.

Best
Rob