AUTHOR OF LOATHING LINCOLN ON C-SPAN

AUTHOR OF LOATHING LINCOLN ON C-SPAN

John McKee Barr, author of "Loathing Lincoln" was on C-SPAN talking about those who hate Lincoln. This includes neo-Confederates. People have found this to be very interesting.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?322129-1/book-discussion-loathing-lincoln

The good thing about this is a lot of people are now learning about the nature of the neo-Confederates and also learning to recognize a neo-Confederate discussion of Lincoln when they hear it.

John McKee Barr starts tearing apart Abbeville Institute Donald W. Livingston's "Confederate Emancipation" essay in the "Confederate Veterans"

John McKee Barr is reading and reviewing Donald W. Livingston's essay "Confederate Emancipation" which was published in the July/August 2014 Confederate Veteran.

http://loathinglincoln.com/confederate-emancipation-part-i/

Barr seeks not just to refute the historical argument but show the tactics of neo-Confederate argumentation. How they have serious errors in logical thinking, obscure the historical record, and are self-deluding.

The reader of John McKee Barr's series will not just learn that Livingston's essay misrepresents history, the reader will learn that Livingston's ideology prevents him from doing historical scholarship.

"the Confederacy's central aim: to preserve (as Barr puts it) 'the right to own, exploit, and rape African Americans and their descendants forever.'"

Michael Burlingame wrote a very good dust jacket paragraph for "Loathing Lincoln" by John Barr.

“Paradoxically, America’s most revered president has also been its most reviled. As John McKee Barr shows in this meticulous, comprehensive survey of the anti-Lincoln tradition, detractors of the Rail-splitter have been a variegated crowd of strange bedfellows: white supremacists, Black Panthers, libertarians, neo-Confederates, agrarian romantics, Southern chauvinists, states’ rights advocates, and anti-imperialists, among others. Barr describes and analyzes their arguments, demonstrating that many of Lincoln’s critics have overlooked (or denied) the Confederacy’s central aim: to preserve (as Barr puts it) ‘the right to own, exploit, and rape African Americans and their descendants—forever.’”—Michael Burlingame, Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois–Springfield - See more at: http://lsupress.org/books/detail/loathing-lincoln/#sthash.ROB4HjUS.dpuf

Loathing Lincoln Facebook page

There is a Loathing Lincoln Facebook page.


https://www.facebook.com/pages/loathinglincolncom/1488480194713858

John Barr speaking engagement about book "Loathing Lincoln" at Lonestar College

At Lonestar-Kingwood a book signing will be held on campus on Tuesday, April 22, at 12:30 p.m. at the CLA Building Room 114.

The details of the speaking engagement are at this link:

http://www.lonestar.edu/news/lsc-kingwood-history-professor-authors-new-book-on-lincoln.htm

Other Barr speaking engagements can be found with the tag John Barr and at these blog postings.

This is the posting about his New York City speaking engagement.
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2014/04/john-barr-speaks-on-lincoln-haters-in.html#.U0ICW_ldWSo

This is the posting about the Houston speaking engagement and the Chicago speaking engagement.
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2014/03/john-barr-will-be-speaking-about-his.html#.U0ICefldWSp

John Barr speaks on Lincoln haters in New York City/ Author gives me a dedicated copy.

John Barr will be speaking in New York City July 9, 2014, 7:00 pm, at Bryant Park,

The schedule for the park is online here:

http://bryantpark.org/static/pdfs/events/springeventbrochure2014.pdf

I have blogged on his other speaking events.

http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2014/03/john-barr-will-be-speaking-about-his.html#.Uz8hUfldWSo

John's website is at: http://loathinglincoln.com/

It has been just started and parts are still under construction.

John Barr was so kind as to send me a copy of his book with a dedication written into it and with a kind note thanking me for my help, as well as a very kind acknowledgement.

For 20 years I have been compiling a record of the anti-Lincoln hysteria of the neo-Confederates, and I really am grateful that John Barr came along and was able to put the material to good use in his book. I owe him my thanks and have expressed my thanks to him.

John Barr will be speaking about his book, "Loathing Lincoln," at the Abraham Lincoln Book Store in Chicago, Brazos Bookstore in Houston

On April 14, 2014 John Barr will be speaking at the Brazos Book Store in Houston, Texas starting at 7pm.

The link to the event is http://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/john-barr-loathing-lincoln.

The book store is at 2421 Bissonnet St., Houston, Texas 77005-1451. The following is a link to a Google maps of the book store's location.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/2421+Bissonnet+St/@29.7251977,-95.4163249,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8640c0f5677a6a2d:0x4419dc4720f65159


John Barr will be speaking about his book, "Loathing Lincoln," at the Abraham Lincoln book store in Chicago, Illinois on May 24, 2014 at Noon.

The link for the events at the Abraham Lincoln book store is at:

http://www.alincolnbookshop.com/html/events.htm

The address is 357 West Chicago Avenue - Chicago, IL 60654. Below is a google maps link for the location.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/357+W+Chicago+Ave/@41.8962414,-87.637954,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x880fd34ab0023cad:0x240ce9cd7dc78a53

John Barr is currently getting his blogs, Facebook page, website started and I will be blogging on them as soon as he gets them going.

More speaking engagements are planned and as soon as I know of them I will be blogging about them.

The situation is developing and Barr's book is getting strong interest.

Andrew Napolitano attacks Lincoln on Fox News, Jon Stewart on Daily Show ridicules Napolitano

This is an article Salon had online about Andrew Napolitano attack on Abraham Lincoln on Fox News and the Jon Stewart's response on the Daily Show.

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/the_daily_show_destroys_fox_news_libertarian_andrew_napolitano_for_blaming_the_civil_war_on_abraham_lincoln/

This Daily Show segment is here.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-24-2014/denunciation-proclamation

There are two interesting things about this.

1. Fox News is having Andrew Napolitano on their network as a credible expert. It is a sign of neo-Confederacy getting mainstreamed into the conservative movement in this country.

2. The public is beginning to find out about this craziness through major media outlets like the Daily Show.

By the way, if you haven't purchased your copy of "Loathing Lincoln" by John Barr you should.

http://lsupress.org/books/detail/loathing-lincoln/