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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Along with ShelteredAristocrat. Greeley warns him that riots are coming, and he dismisses it immediately. Guess what happens the next day.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter
HistoricalDomainCharacter: Based on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Schermerhorn real historical figure]] who was one of antebellum New York's leading social reformers. Schermerhorn, however, died in 1851 and certainly was not murdered in the Draft Riots.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Along with ShelteredAristocrat. Greeley warns him that riots are coming, and he dismisses it immediately. Guess what happens the next day. He also seems to take Bill's "respectable citizen" act at face value when the two meet early in the film.
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* KnightInSourArmor: Despite being perhaps the most cynical character in a deeply cynical film, Monk's desire for justice is genuine and he truly wants to make the city better, even if only as an act of atonement.
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* LargeAndInCharge: He's the leader of the Irish immigrants and stands an imposing 6'4, edging out even Bill in height.
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* WorthyOpponent: He sincerely respected Priest Vallon and even demanded his body not be mutilated for trophies as was standard.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He is a nativist that is virulently anti-Irish (despite being [[BoomerangBigot Irish-descended himself]]) and anti-Catholic because he is paranoid that [[ConspiracyTheorist they want to subject America to the Vatican's influence]]. This "Catholics are a fifth column" attitude was [[TruthInTelevision very prevalent]], with many Americans really believing that Catholics -- immigrant or native-born -- were a threat to their civil and religious liberties and traditional values. With this in mind, Billy [[DeliberateValuesDissonance wouldn't be considered "politically incorrect" for the time period]].

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He is a nativist that is A virulently racist and anti-Irish (despite being [[BoomerangBigot Irish-descended himself]]) and anti-Catholic because gangster. For good measure, he is paranoid that also believes [[ConspiracyTheorist they that the Irish want to subject America to the Vatican's influence]]. This "Catholics are a fifth column" attitude was [[TruthInTelevision very prevalent]], with many Americans really believing that Catholics -- immigrant or native-born -- were a threat to their civil and religious liberties and traditional values. With this in mind, Billy [[DeliberateValuesDissonance wouldn't be considered "politically incorrect" for the time period]].

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