You are correct. There was little toleration for dissent back then. I hope people have woken up and learned.
We can’t fall in with personality cults any more on FR. Sure, we can pray for Trump and his family. But we are here to support President Trump’s AGENDA of returning to a constitutional Republic. It’s not about Trump. It’s about our Gd granted freedom from tyranny, period. (From what he says, Trump,appears to actually understand this.)