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The American History podcast, Season 5, Episode 3, Fiery, but mostly forgotten.

Welcome to the American History podcast.

Hosted by Sean Worswick.

Hello, welcome back to the show. I'm Sean, and this is The Great Unraveling.

Over the past two episodes, we've traced how American political discourse became weaponized decades before Trump

and how both parties learned to delegitimize elections they don't win.

Today, we're examining something even more fundamental, how Americans think about political violence.

And the story we tell ourselves about political violence in America goes something like this.

We're a peaceful democracy, where political disagreements are settled through debate and voting,

not riots and bloodshed.

When violence does occur, it's an aberration, a breakdown of our democratic norms that

shocks the conscience and brings the country together in condemnation. This is another fairy tale.

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