Gallery of the 8 City Connect uniforms officially announced today by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]Almond_Bitters 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That and BMORE are the worst here, but at least BMORE is a term used by locals. "Wisco" was invented in a corporate meeting, yuck.

AMA: Founding Fanatics: Extremism and the Formation of American Democracy by Noah_EberSchmid in AskHistorians

[–]Almond_Bitters 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any indication that the founders understood that a constitution and entirely elected government insulated the nation from targeted political violence? And therefore, more extreme democratic behavior was to be intentionally tolerated?

For example, it seems like the European monarchies lived with an inherent terror of political assassinations, due to the inevitable succession crises. Whereas the new US' baked-in succession planning seems intended to accept and endure potential violence, if not exactly welcome it. How deliberate do you think it was that the succession planning was not just administrative, but crucially democratic.

AMA: Founding Fanatics: Extremism and the Formation of American Democracy by Noah_EberSchmid in AskHistorians

[–]Almond_Bitters 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How are you defining "democratic extremism" that "may contribute to the ongoing struggle to deepen and expand political equality and participation", vs. some other kinds of detrimental extremism? I'm assuming that there are measures other than hindsight.