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> Yes but in the 1880's punching someone wasn't that big of a deal. They could have gone to the bar later and got drunk together and made legislation the next d
by blaser-waffle 5y ago
> Yes but in the 1880's punching someone wasn't that big of a deal. They could have gone to the bar later and got drunk together and made legislation the next day.
Bollocks. Charles Sumner gettin whupped with a cane WAS a big deal and made national and international headlines.
It was a direct response to Sumner criticizing slavery, and helped cement opinions in the South that they'd need to take drastic action to preserve that institution.
- jollybean 5y agoThere was tons of physical fighting in that era [1], that some newspapers wanted to make a big deal of a specific fight isn't evidence of that much. That said, that was probably a very divisive era. [1] https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374154776 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374154776