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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Abraham Lincoln: Authoritarian Despot
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 21:16:07 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> 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

I had to refresh my memory. The authorizing legislation for USDA passed
during Lincoln's presidency. I thought this was about the Civil War.

I have a friend who hates Lincoln with a passion for the loss of
American lives during the Civil War but he's never really explained how
there would have been political compromise ending slavery in peace.