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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Abraham Lincoln: Authoritarian Despot
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 21:08:51 -0000 (UTC)
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On May 15, 2025 at 1:55:19 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> On 5/15/2025 3:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>  The progs on CNN and MSNBC are having hysterical fits over the banners of
>>  Trump that are going up on some government buildings in DC. They're saying
>>  it's "an authoritarian vibe" and "Hitler-esque", and they're clutching their
>>  pearls so hard the damn things are turning to dust. A fainting couch had to
>> be
>>  wheeled into the studio for Rachel Maddow.
>>  
>>  https://ibb.co/mC3YvGyG
>>  
>>  Yeah, like that deeply fascist Lincoln Administration on the banner next to
>>  Trump's that we as a nation barely survived.
>>  
>>  GTFO
> 
> Maybe I don't understand, but it seems relevant that Lincoln's banner 
> didn't go up while he was in office (and threatening his term-limits).

What's relevant is that the USDA is celebrating a major anniversary and is
hanging banners to commemorate its founding (by Lincoln) to the present.

Nothing sinister about it. If its anniversary had fallen last year, that'd be
a big picture of Biden's head hanging between the columns.