re: Anyone watching Sons of Liberty on the History Channel tonight?

Think about it . . . a bunch of youngish guys wanting to overthrow their government, causing all kinds of unlawful disturbances, violence, and mischief - recruiting for a battle against the ruling party. How they get an entirely British dude (in Franklin) to lean toward their side is interesting in and of itself. How did these guys (including Franklin) become "American" before there was such a thing?

And how would this go over today? Would the present-day U.S. support these guys if they were somewhere else in the modern day world? Would we supply them arms? Or would we be all talk of support, without wanting to rock the boat? Would we stay out of it entirely?

The best show about this is HBO's "John Adams" - which should be required viewing in all 10th grade U.S. High School classes. Excellent television.