Abraham Lincoln statues

[Jim Garrett]

So what have we learned from looking at the 19th century through 20th century eyes? All of our heroes during this time period were horrible people. The people who shaped our country were mostly white supremacists who took advantage of all other ethnicities regardless of the cost. The reality is that they lived in an entirely different world. To condemn Lincoln as a racist is to give him 21st century attributes. This is similar to the old SNL skit of what if Custer had a B-52 at the Little Big Horn.

Unfortunately, we have way too many arm chair historians with no understanding of history. A good question to ask is how our current society, leaders, social movements, etc. be viewed by "historians" 150 years in the future.