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Slandering Mister Lincoln |
2019-04-21 |
![]() Lincoln was open about sharing a bed with Speed ‐ was this a common arrangement at the time? It was a common arrangement among bachelors because beds were expensive. [What was strange] was the length of time [they shared the bed] ‐ three years. And they got married late in life. What research did you do? I learned as much as I can about these guys, and the book is a promiscuous mixture of fact and invention. The book that was helpful was "The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln" by C.A. Tripp. He was a Kinsey Institute sex researcher and the first to declare that Lincoln was homosexual. The book is a bit over-the-top and was savaged at the time, but it was the first to bring up that possibility. Although [Lincoln biographer] Carl Sandburg brought up in his 1926 biography that the friendship had a "streak of lavender," which was code. Were there ever whispers of Lincoln being gay from his political opponents? I’ve never come across a whisper of that nature. There were whispers about James Buchanan. One of the things that did come up with Lincoln’s early biographers is that he wasn’t a player with the gals. Even his own stepmother, who adored him, said he was never much for girls. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 I suspect he had more to do with prostitutes than boys. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-04-21 17:19 |
#2 Is this the face of a man who's a hit with the girls? Nose and ears suggest he might be. Different times. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-21 10:29 |
#1 "he was never much for girls" Well, look at his face. Is this the face of a man who's a hit with the girls? |
Posted by: Angamp Panda7337 2019-04-21 08:37 |