Can we please stop using Hitler comparisons to evoke outrage? Evidently one North Carolina legislator thinks it's still trendy and has linked the evil German dictator to the revered President Abraham Lincoln.
NC House Representative Larry Pittman (R) set off several fireworks lately. The first was a bill he introduced to nullify the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision. The bill is simply named the Uphold Historical Marriage Act. Of course detractors took to Facebook to share their criticism of the bill to which Pittman replied with a Roman Candle:
So Lincoln was like Hitler? The comparison is stupid which is most likely why Pittman deleted it from his FB timeline. But while he was on a roll, he slipped in his ideas about constitutional carry which is eliciting even more negative feedback.
On this issue he is correct, but due to his Lincoln/Hitler comment, unfortunately, he isn't an ideal spokesperson. It's idiots like this who feed the ridiculous stereotype of a typical Republican and give ammunition for folks to slam the entire party as kooks:
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