For all the talk about insurrections being un-American, I just saw saw an ad for "Sons of Liberty" and was amused to hear the Redcoats derisively refer to the Revolution as an insurrection...
en.wikipedia.org
"The
Regulator Movement, also known as the
Regulator Insurrection,
War of Regulation, and
War of the Regulation, was an uprising in
Provincial North Carolina from 1766 to 1771 in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials, whom they viewed as corrupt. Though the rebellion did not change the power structure, some historians consider it a catalyst to the
American Revolutionary War."
The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown.
www.history.com
"The Revolutionary War was an insurrection by American Patriots in the 13 colonies to British rule, resulting in American independence."
Interestingly it was religious "nut-jobs" that you seemingly despise that were behind this insurrection and our nation's ultimate freedom from the Crown...
www.libertymagazine.org
"King George called the insurrection in the Americas "that Presbyterian revolt.""
I'm on record as saying had rifle and oldie been alive during Revolutionary times they'd be on the side of the Crown. After all, this is what the Brits are saying about January 6th 250 years later...
Today marks one year since the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. In this Q&A, Thomas Gift examines the consequences of one of the most momentous days in American politics in the la…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
I think I know which side you'd be on had you been alive around 250 years ago...
Insurrections are un-American??? Really...