chakan2@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMTG shows Hunter Biden revenge porn for congress.www.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down124
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minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-21 year agoWhile 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
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoHis attacker resigned and was immediately reelected, as well as gifted more canes with which to beat Sumner. Fuck fascists. They will never change.
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
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.