At the risk of sounding Trumpian
You can get smacked talking like he did
Not that I’m trying to foster a climate of violence but 180 years ago my ancestors in Natchez would have shot you under the live oaks on a sand bar of Big Muddy for talking like that
Or Weehawken up north
I think what happened in Weekhawken is that he passed a rumor of incest between father and daughter. Not nice and he paid a heavy price.