[MeganC]

The Founders started out as a rebellious mob who vandalized a legitimate business and threw their inventory into a body of water. They also had a penchant for tarring and feathering government officials - an act of assault that frequently resulted in the deaths of said officials. They even went so far as to SHOOT at government soldiers who were acting in a law enforcement capacity and who were just following orders and doing their jobs.

And the outcome of all of that ‘mob rule’ has been the nation in which you enjoy the freedom to denounce people who act to protect their liberties.

[freedomfiter2]

Sorry but the tea didn’t belong to a legitimate business. It belonged to crony capitalists and our forefathers knew the only correct way to deal with them.

[SoConPubbie]

The Founders started out as a rebellious mob who vandalized a legitimate business and threw their inventory into a body of water. They also had a penchant for tarring and feathering government officials - an act of assault that frequently resulted in the deaths of said officials. They even went so far as to SHOOT at government soldiers who were acting in a law enforcement capacity and who were just following orders and doing their jobs.

And the outcome of all of that ‘mob rule’ has been the nation in which you enjoy the freedom to denounce people who act to protect their liberties.

And yet, you forgot to mention all the ordered part of their efforts, including officially addressing the British Government and Monarchy for each wrong they suffered, setting up the constitutional convention they setup, the Bill of Rights, the US Constitution.

Without the ordered part of our revolution we would have ended up like the French, accomplishing nothing.

Like I said, I'll take the Founders approach over Mob Rule any ol' day.

[Farmer Dean]

At some point,real Americans will have to start dealing with the country's internal domestic enemies in the same way we would deal with an invading army.That's the cold truth,like it or not.

[caver]

Wow, “new history”, kind of like “new math”.
Anyone can play this game.