Journal #8 Response to Kaity Wegen

I would have to completely dispute your idea of Lincoln. I do agree that he is not Jesus Christ, but he was a “god-like” figure to many people. I think Lincoln was an amazing man and great president. Though he encouraged war, he was fighting for freedom of people that didn’t deserve to be enslaved. Coming from my perspective, I think that Lincoln can be a Christ-like figure to many of the free African Americans that are in the north, and possibly some of the enslaved ones still in the South. I think that in order to restore peace, which was Lincoln’s overall goal, he needed to fight the war or else it would never be resolved! While reading this, it seemed like I was reading the exact replica of something a white southerner would say. It almost scared me to think that people actually did think like that and believe that Lincoln was a bad man!