North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Calls Abraham Lincoln a 'Tyrant' Like Adolf Hitler

Time ^ | 4-12-2017 | Alana Abramson

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Pittman replied, "And if Hitler had won, should the world just get over it? Lincoln was the same sort of tyrant, and personally responsible for the deaths of over 800,000 Americans in a war that was unnecessary and unconstitutional." Pittman did not respond to request for comment from TIME to clarify his remarks.

[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem: "If true, that would make the decision of northern states to vote to unambiguously include slavery in the U. S. constitution all the more appalling."

Appalling that Northerners were willing to sacrifice their abolitionist principles to achieve national unity?
Appalling that Northerners considered their Union more important that abolition?
Appalling that Northerners were willing to delay by generations the South's "come to Jesus" on slavery moment?

Sure, appalling to committed slaveholders, not so much to any others.