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While I respect the sentiment, Charles Sumner was once beaten within an inch of their life on the floor of Congress for delivering a scathing abolitionist speech.
We’re not quite at our lowest point yet, but it is scary how close we are coming.
While I respect the sentiment, Charles Sumner was once beaten within an inch of their life on the floor of Congress for delivering a scathing abolitionist speech.
We’re not quite at our lowest point yet, but it is scary how close we are coming.
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm
The fact that you had to go back almost two centuries to find an example of someone worse says all that needs to be said.
Literally back to right before the civil war lmao
TIL
His attacker resigned and was immediately reelected, as well as gifted more canes with which to beat Sumner.
Fuck fascists. They will never change.
All y’all will get me 100 Nazi scalps, taken from the heads of 100 dead Nazis…or you will die tryin.
“Let’s treat them with kid gloves, that worked out well last time!”
A cane with his fucking face on it too.