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David Knight<\/strong><\/a> and I had a rowdy exchange today on how the British were bayoneting Americans down the road to serfdom in 1775.\u00a0 Our interview was spurred by my article, “1775: Putting Tyrants on the Run<\/a>.”\u00a0\u00a0 You can view the 56 minute show by clicking here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 – or you can listen to the audio by clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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David Knight and I had a rowdy exchange today on how the British were bayoneting Americans down the road to serfdom in 1775.\u00a0 Our interview was spurred by my article, “1775: Putting Tyrants on the Run.”\u00a0\u00a0 You can view the 56 minute show by clicking here\u00a0 – or you can listen to the audio by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[446,280,509,1204,221,127,4132],"class_list":["post-21534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-american-revolution","tag-gun-control","tag-humor","tag-john-locke","tag-philosophy","tag-podcast","tag-rumble"],"yoast_head":"\nFighting the American Revolution on the David Knight Show - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Talk show host David Knight and I have a rowdy discussion on how British tyranny drove Americans to revolt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/22\/fighting-the-american-revolution-on-the-david-knight-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fighting the American Revolution on the David Knight Show - 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