I mean… the abolition of slavery may be a bad choice on your part. Here in America there was a ton of violence on that aspect, and I argue we’d have had a lot less heartache if the confederate officers were treated like the traitors they were.
Violence was the response from the people who decided they didn’t want to abolish slavery. It was already well on its way by the time the south seceded.
I was talking about a specific thing which didn’t exactly include the civil war: Specifically the idea of randomly assassinating leaders who represent the “evil” faction (from whoever’s point of view), anonymously from out of the crowd. Mass violence as a way of implementing the will of the majority, once the other outlets for implementing it have failed, is a whole other story.
I also agree with you about violence against confederates after the war was over. Read my edit, I realized it and added that as a specific category where we could have used more of that, yes.
I mean… the abolition of slavery may be a bad choice on your part. Here in America there was a ton of violence on that aspect, and I argue we’d have had a lot less heartache if the confederate officers were treated like the traitors they were.
Violence was the response from the people who decided they didn’t want to abolish slavery. It was already well on its way by the time the south seceded.
There was quite a bit of violence before the Civil War committed by the abolition movement, too.
I was talking about a specific thing which didn’t exactly include the civil war: Specifically the idea of randomly assassinating leaders who represent the “evil” faction (from whoever’s point of view), anonymously from out of the crowd. Mass violence as a way of implementing the will of the majority, once the other outlets for implementing it have failed, is a whole other story.
I also agree with you about violence against confederates after the war was over. Read my edit, I realized it and added that as a specific category where we could have used more of that, yes.