What is your personal theory about Jan 6. I am curious no matter how wild it may sound. I remember when it happened I figured some over zealous Trump supporters got out of hand. I never dreamed there would be this insane level of hysteria over it. I was initially shocked about the hand wringing over this after seeing the destruction of the summer of love as well as seeing other groups protesting at or in the capital. It is hard for me to take seriously the idea that it was an insurrection because if their goal was to take over the government that was a pretty lousy effort and same goes for Trump. Plus you got people still in jail over this.
What do y'all think is behind all this? I also find it odd how there is no curiosity about Ray Epps.
Commoners were fighting because they feared another Saint-Domingue. Harper's Ferry and the resulting beatification of the cretinous half-retard John Brown by abolitionists did not help. "Abolitionists want us all dead" is an easy sell when abolitionists are celebrating a man who tried (very poorly) to do just that.
e: While John Brown was trying to seize real weapons, it was the improvised polearms that were used to convince southerners that they were in danger. The improvised weapons were sent to southern governors, senators and anyone with influence. Knives tied to poles aren't any threat to an armed man but are perfect for slaughtering women and children.
Oh, good, at least one other person has read Dr. Clavin's book. Yeah, in the run up to war, the slave revolution rhetoric was definitely a booster to the Southern firebrands. After the fighting started, however, a lot of it died off, and got replaced with "go kill Yanks, boys!"
It was actually Thomas Fleming's A Disease in the Public Mind, but Clavin's book looks interesting. I may read it next.