Posted on 09/13/2020 9:12:04 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
All culture wars involve a clash of symbols. Symbols say a lot with a little. All it takes is a piece of cloth or an extraordinary object to transmit a world of ideas. They convey identity, impact and mood.
One sinister symbol, appearing in the riots and disturbances, is the guillotine. In picking this device, the rioters have chosen a symbol that energizes their militants, frightens their opponents and represents their uncompromising ideologies.
These revolutionaries adopt it willingly, enthusiastically and unapologetically. They know exactly what it means and use it to strike terror in the souls of those it targets.
The Guillotine Appears
The guillotine targets the American order. It is found on Portland’s chaotic streets, even in its residential neighborhoods at night, as a warning of what can be expected from revolutionary mob “justice.” It has appeared before the house of Jeff Bezos near Washington, D.C. The militants at the CHAZ/CHOP experiment in Seattle referred to it. After the Republic National Convention, protesters outside the White House displayed a guillotine with an effigy of President Trump to be beheaded.
The guillotine was the instrument of death and terror by which tens of thousands were executed during the French Revolution. Its inventor was a French physician, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. He had hoped to develop a machine that would behead the French Revolution’s enemies painlessly and mechanically. Unfortunately, his name became almost synonymous with the wholesale slaughter that characterized the revolution that so destroyed French society.
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Alice is like Kenny on South Park.
Wait til they get a load of the plinko guillotine.
Come say hello to my little frien’.
Ok. I laughed.
guillotine is the new noose
mask is the new hood
I prefer to give them the flamethrower. A foretaste of their final destination of the Lake of Fire. But that would be “cruel and unusual punishment “, as well as being a bit North Korean.
Interesting, isn’t it, how they choose that particular instrument of execution in light of Bible prophecy.
The guillotine is not going away, folks.
I think those who are on the front lines of rioting will be the first to go.
Those running things will realize that they are easily swayed and led and will follow any leader who rebels against the established authority.
Hence, while they are useful initially, they become a liability because they cannot be trusted.
Having been to war several time this is not what I want to see in our nation or be a part of,
BUT,
If pushed into the situation where I have no choice then I know exactly how to wage war.
I prefer an short AR with a collapsible stock and a 10 inch barrel with up and down 30 round mags, then grab the back slung riot gun with the extended mag that carries 11 rounds of 00 buckshot. Then my .40 W/laser stoked with a 15 round mag and 4 extras.
Their way is one at a time.
I do not have to play by their rules and I am never the only one there who is armed.
The rangers taught me to shoot first, shoot most, and shoot best.
If thrust into the war the left seems to want it will not be a half way or partial situation. War does not work that way. There is our side, and there are targets.
I will counter with what the ol count from Transylvania used to do.
Let em chew on that for a while.
These people don’t know enough history to know the French Reign Of Terror
They don’t know that the Trotskyites were killed first
Anyone setting up a guillotine should be sniped from concealment. And I’ll laugh when it happens, as it almost certainly will soon.
Death Mask of Robespierre
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Damn... and I thought it was Al Gore’s mask. Anyone else see the resemblance?
Care to elaborate on that? Are you claiming that guillotines are mentioned in the Bible?
Chapter and verse would be appreciated.
Regards,
After being hit with 7.62mm bullets at 2500fps+ may not be too stack-able.
These articles always assume those of us itching to open fire will be held back forever.
“ that particular instrument of execution ”
More to do with the French revolution I’m guessing. But for some reason all it does for me is draw a clear parallel between BLM and Spinal Tap.
The ammo cost is a real bitch on those.
Don’t wreck my fantasy.
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