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To: DesertRhino
Your comment is akin to saying what happened in the Soviet Union, China, and Germany were good things! The Jacobins were totalitarian, Godless, and evil. They took over France from King Louis XVI and his wife, Queen Marie-Antoinette, who were considered the most benevolent leaders in continental Europe.

In this case you do not understanding history...;-(
13 posted on 07/14/2015 1:46:12 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I’m always in favor of a Monarchy being removed. And I laugh at how monarchist apologists love to fawn about how benevolent they were.
The bottom line is that the Monarchy was absolute. The Roman church supported this and said his right to rule came from God, not from the people.

This is reason enough to revolt. And there was no way to do it that wouldn’t become bloody, not in Europe.

And much of the blame should be laid at the feet of the Vatican and the French Monarchy. Had they not engaged in their unholy enterprise and ruled by force rather than consent, the revolution would have never happened.

Claim to rue over others? You pays your money, you takes your chances.


18 posted on 07/14/2015 2:18:42 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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