General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Bobby Barrows]

Seriously, I do not think there is any historian who doesn't think Andrew Johnson is the WOAT President.

 

[CakeWalker]

i dont even know who that is apart from this twunt

 

[CakeWalker]

 

[Bobby Barrows]

i dont even know who that is apart from this twunt

Who, Andrew Johnson?

 

[CakeWalker]

yes

 

[Canadian Dragon]

And now you understand why Lincoln dying and Andrew Johnson becoming President was the worst thing to happen to this country. Probably even worse than Andrew Jackson betraying the natives of Southern America.

Yeah I think ive seen you explain this a few times on top of a few comments ive read on the subject. they let "states right" out of control and its a massive problem to this day. states rights should never supersede the central goverment (in my opinion of course) because then what is even the point of being a country. just be 50 states then if thats what u want

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Basically, he's singlehandedly the reason that it took the US another 100 years for the Civil Rights Act.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

but i also believe a central gov that act upon the will of the majority. the issue is that obviously isn't how it works in practive as its abusable

 

[Bobby Barrows]

A massive racist and Pro-Confederate, the only reason that he was made Lincoln's running mate, was because Lincoln, erroneously, thought it would be good for the country to have a united cabinet of Republicans and Democrats.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

And then Lincoln died.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

A massive racist and Pro-Confederate, the only reason that he was made Lincoln's running mate, was because Lincoln, erroneously, thought it would be good for the country to have a united cabinet of Republicans and Democrats.

once again, left leaning folks thinking compromise will work but the other side has nefarious intents

 

[Canadian Dragon]

oh the days when the Republican party was the party of progressives

 

[Canadian Dragon]

what a fall from grace

 

[Bobby Barrows]

And Johnson, seeing the mass power before him, did nothing to stop what arguably became the darkest time in United States history that is shockingly not talked about enough. The Reconstruction Era is probably the worst time in American history. Blacks and Mexicans were lynched, beaten, intimidated, and placed into a worse situation than even Slavery had them. This was during a time where if a black man was a slave, they at least wouldn't be murdered, but now with slavery abolished, they were less than worthless.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

from socialists to facists