The justification of lynching between the Civil War and World War II originated in the Revolution

Many of you (not unlike historians Paul Gilje and Gordon Wood), concluded that Revolutionary era mobs acted selflessly and courageously, defending local autonomy against British tyranny and establishing clear boundaries between who was part of America and who wasn’t. Respond to the argument: “The justification of lynching (of African Americans and Mexican Americans) between the Civil War and World War II originated in the Revolution, where rioting mobs, dividing Americans from non Americans, became associated with patriotism.”