Just another quick thought, Bobert:

RE:Just our hate of decisions that were made that left so many crippled in hate...

What about the decisions made by Calhoun and the entire pro-slavery lobby in Congress over a period of 30 years, the decisions made by the politicians of the Southern States to secede, the decisions they made to attack the United States, the decisions they made to execute Black Union soldiers instead of taking them prisoner, the decisions they made to attempt to nullify the 13th, 14th, and 15th Ammendments & on & on & on.

Do you hate those decisions as well?

You can't dump the whole mess on Lincoln, ya know.