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Well, they did have domestic terrorist groups going around setting off bombs on the regular in the 60s and 70s. I was quite surprised to read about it.

https://www.amazon.com/Days-Rage-Underground-Forgotten-Revol...

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And going back further there was even more of that going on during the labor wars of the late 19th century into the 1920s.

Wodehose refers to bearded bounders with bombs as it was a pretty common occurrence in the early 1900s - enough so that jokes could be made from it.

We’ve had it comparatively calm and so bombs get noticed.

The only interpretation of this vs the parent comment is that you are insinuating this is somehow extreme and unprecedented. Surely it is not.

"In a single eighteen-month period during 1971 and 1972 the FBI counted an amazing 2,500 bombings on American soil, almost five a day."

-- https://time.com/4501670/bombings-of-america-burrough/

That was extreme and unprecedented for America.

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