Posted on 07/14/2017 4:14:14 PM PDT by jfd1776
People forget France was a cancer on the face of Europe from the Revolution through to the final defeat of Napoleon.
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This is the face of the Democrat party.
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If someone stands up and says God appointed him to rule over you, he has to die.
No more BS about how benevolent Louis IV was. Monarchs should -expect- being overthrown and killed at any moment. They gained power by force, so they should be very surprised when force gets used on them.
The sooner that liberals face the guillotine, the better.
A Parisian mob storms a prison and lets out more criminals. Quell ironique, ne’ c’est pas?
Sort of like Cinco de Mayo in the SW United States.
The French Rev is one of the most overrated events/periods in history.
The way it is venerated by history professors and the society in general is disgusting. Meanwhile, OUR revolution is “not really revolutionary” and the start of something terrible.
The French Rev period is really about proto-communism, which is obviously why it’s so venerated.
It was the "Fake News" of its day with the same kind of people behind it with the same goals.
The French revolutionaries were nasty alright, but that’s the equal and opposite reaction you can expect from abuse of a population.
It’s a little disingenuous for Monarchists to insist they be allowed a quiet century to move to a less authoritarian version of a monarchy. A monarch is a dictator by another name.
The article misses the mark by comparing French revolutionaries who were overthrowing a man who claimed divine right to rule over them, to our crybabies who attack a legitimate and elected American president. The French had no avenue besides violence, or waiting eagerly to see rights what the King would grant them. OUR American Jacobins have the right to vote. They lost and have resorted to violence. That’s very different.
Find the film ‘Quills’. Distressingly accurate.
“Wanted power for their own benefit?”
I give you the popes and good old Louis 14th.
Is your argument that they should have left the power in the hands of the king and his followers?
Sorry, the people storming the Bastille were heroes. The revolution went damned rough later, but the problem wasn’t the people reacting violently to a Monarch. It was the fact that for centuries they lived under a system of government that unjustly dominated their lives, claimed absolute rights to do so, and had no intention of going anywhere.
There is only one way out of that situation.
We should all just thank god that wasn’t needed in America. When our revolution happened, there was no massive seat of Monarchy with thousands of hangers-on to be brought to heel. When we beat the British, we had a free hand to construct a free government in a virgin land. A blessed opportunity.
They had a gay ol time chopping heads off. At least they used a machine to do it.
The scene that starts at 0:18 is real footage.
Be aware, it might not be for the faint at heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-169xrYpQ
Today’s Democrats, by screaming “Russia, Russia, Russia,” are attempting to take over the legitimate government under Trump. Then they will impose their will on us. You will have thought crimes, confiscation of property and wealth, and assaults on our police with the resulting crime increase. This is what Pelosi and Hillary want. Be on guard.
I like "La Marseillaise" in the original English:
Louis XVI was the king of France in 1789.
He was worse than Louis XV;
He was worse than Louis XIV;
He was worse than Louis XIII;
He was the worst since Louis I!
I don’t know anybody who celebrates Bastille Day around here.
The same could be said about the Bolsheviks in 1917. I don’t think either group were heroes.
That's the laughable part of the French Revolution. They overthrew a supposed tyrant ... to replace him with, first, terrorists (the Jacobins) and then ... another tyrant.
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