Fact Checking The Gettysburg Address
With the election season reaching its apex, I have found it necessary to untangle some of the webs of misinformation that have been weaved through underhanded political campaigns. At the forefront of this country's greatest deception is none other than the highly esteemed so-called “honest” Abe.
That’s right! If one were to simply unpack the “arguments” of former president Abraham Lincoln, one would be disgusted to find an abundance of deceit and trickery littered throughout even the most mundane of speeches. Therefore, I will now proceed to reveal to you a small fragment of his chicanery by meticulously analyzing the famous Gettysburg address:
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation” - Now this address was given on November 19th, 1863 and the Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2nd, 1776. It does not take a mathematician to see that Lincoln was over 3 months off in his conclusions on America’s founding. Despicable.
“dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” - One can quite easily note that 50% of all men are above average male height while 50% of men are below average height. This is clear evidence that not all men are created equal.
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war” - While Lincoln delivered this speech, his audience was not participating in war as they were busy listening to a speech.
“testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure” - At this period in time, one could not simply test a nation’s ability to endure as the College Board had not yet approved of such a standardized assessment.
“We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.” - It is quite likely that none of the soldiers who died in Gettysburg did so willingly, seeing as most of them would have wished to survive. This insinuation by Lincoln is extremely insensitive to the deceased and their families.
“The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here” - This is just objectively incorrect. The Ghettiesburg address is one of the most popular presidential addresses and is still remembered to this day.
“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.” - None of those who had attended the Gettysburg address are currently alive to continue the Civil War.
“that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain” - Over 28 thousand confederate troops died in the battle of Gettysburg, all of which were in vain. “and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” - Lincoln clearly misrepresents the composition of America’s government as it is not run by the people. It is run by politicians.
It is my hope that this analysis has enlightened you to the deeply sown deceit in our political system. It is my firm belief that in exposing the treachery in our politics, we as Americans can forge a new political atmosphere founded upon truth, justice, and a deep hatred of the Lincoln estate.