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There’s actually a long history of personal violence in U.S. legislative bodies, especially leading up to the Civil War: https://www.history.com/news/charles-su
by ericbarrett 3y ago
There’s actually a long history of personal violence in U.S. legislative bodies, especially leading up to the Civil War: https://www.history.com/news/charles-sumner-caning-cilley-duel-congressional-violence https://www.history.com/news/charles-sumner-caning-cilley-du...
- mschuster91 3y agoFascinating. I'm German, we're largely peaceful as well - the most notable violence incident in parliament was all back in 1950, when MP Herbert Wehner beat up a vile Nazi apologist and threw him through a glass door [1]. [1] https://vorwaerts.de/artikel/10-maerz-1950-wehner-nazi-bundestag-pruegelte https://vorwaerts.de/artikel/10-maerz-1950-wehner-nazi-bunde...
- hungryforcodes 3y agoOr just violence in general in the US. Let's not try and mask it.