> Historically, we don’t do collective punishment

Of course we do. We regularly sanction countries in ways which are designed to pressure the civilian population into overthrowing their government.

Ethnic cleansing of North America, Slave codes, yellow peril, Japanese internment, red scare, islamophobia, red scare 2.0 (ongoing), yellow peril 2.0 (ongoing)

And that's just USA.

What is "historically" supposed to mean here?