Reply #59: First off yes it has, not in recent memory

[nadinbrzezinski]

but yes it has.

The 1850s come to mind.

What is the major saying? Oh yes something 'bout those who don't learn from history.

This is an escalation towards something ugly and depending on what happens in the next week or so, wether we will step from that edge or not.

But to say that this has never happened before, not in this form, but it has. And this is why Americans should make an effort to learn US History. Hell, we had people having serious fist to cuffs, and yes shootings...

Oh and for all our sakes I hope those in positions of authority realize just how much today escalated the situation. There is a reason why I keep gong back to the years preceding the Civil War.