But be careful about what you call an insurrection. Is it just or not just? Today we are celebrating a just insurrection... Right now is France fighting against the very same tyranny we once fought against?
Good for one but not good for another? The long time citizens of France are victims of their own government. And we are next... So where do we stand then?
I don’t recall where an angry mob of insurrectionists set fire to stage coaches and burnt down random buildings in 1776. Very little in the way of rioting. There was a shooting in Boston, but the soldiers responsible were given a fair trial and acquitted, represented by none other than John Adams. A shipment of tea was dumped in the harbor, but that was focused and orderly protest.