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A Parliament of Idiots

There is no point in providing ‘context’ for mob behavior that results in senseless destruction.

Jonah Goldberg
Jun 24, 2020
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Hans Christian Heg was an immigrant from Norway. He was a fierce opponent of slavery and an early member of the anti-slavery Free Soil Party. He was a leader of the Wide Awakes, an anti-slavery militia dedicated to chasing down slave catchers (groups we’ve been told constantly were the progenitors of policing in America). When the Civil War started,…

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