Posted on 04/18/2020 5:40:24 PM PDT by Bruiser 10
It was autumn 1989. Momentous things were taking place in the world.
The Berlin Wall had fallen. The people of the Eastern Bloc had succeeded at getting to the West through Hungary. The firm line between east and west was wavering. The situation was moving away from the course that Warsaw Pact communist governments had charted: that their populations must remain captive within the borders of the Communist Bloc.
It was unclear whether this social contagion for freedom would spread into Czechoslovakia.
But then November 17, 1989, arrived, a day etched in history. This was Students Day, a legal holiday. Everything had to close under government fiat. People were off school and off work. But some folks were agitated about prior government actions which many saw as abuses.
When the government gave the people of Czechoslovakia that day off, it was like a match to tinder. The small flame grew into a big one.
It was a revolution noted for its bloodlessness. The Velvet Revolution, we call it today, leaning on what the Czechs called it. People, for as far as the eye could see, gathered in a giant square in Prague and called for the ouster of their government.
In the face of the idea that saying the wrong words politically could be toxic to one’s health, much like in America today, some did not resort to speaking words against their government. They merely pulled their keys out of their pockets and jingled them.
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Christmas Day 1989 ... fed-up Romanians break into the Presidential Palace and end up hanging Ceaucescu and his wife
Merry Christmas tyrants
As I recall, they faced a firing squad after a speedy trial.
We will send them
To a safe space
with a furry Puppy,
Color books and
Hot Chocolate courtesy
of
Nancy Pelosi!
You’re probably right ... in any case, good riddance
A good lesson in what ultimately happens when so-called “leaders” treat their citizens like garbage
On the positive side we are beginning to see local protests every day that the authorities are powerless to resist. The size and number of these actions will continue to grow as it becomes more obvious that governments overreacted to a bunch of irresponsible mathematical models which have been proved to be wrong from the get go. Should the authorities attempt to squash these citizen initiatives they will come to finally understand the reason and rationale behind the Second Amendment.
May it be so.
Here’s a lady from Romania, explaining “How the UN’s Agenda 21 Influences Every Aspect of Society.”
Very interesting, and perhaps educational.
Ileana Johnson Paugh, PhD presents at the 33rd Annual ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NaRLPzDcg
If they fear blowback, they’ll just send out more SS.
Most semi-auto firearms are blowback designs. just saying
This is fear mongering.
Many governors see Coronavirus as an opportunity to become tyrants. They need to be reminded of the saying “Sic Semper Tyrannis”.
Oh the motto for Vagina.....the land of pnssys that allow Ralph boy to take all their rights away from them? Their new motto should be “ Benth Over thy lil’ Beeotches!”
On a related note, accordant to some local Karens on FB, if you go to a protest you should be forced to go the back of the line for any ChiCom Virus issues.
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