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Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence

  • Written by Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino
Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violencePunishment by tar and feather of Thomas Ditson, who purchased a gun from a British soldier in Boston in March 1775. Interim Archives/Getty Images

The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, commentators repeated a familiar refrain: “This isn’t who we areas Americans.&r...

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