Drapeau du bataillon des Jacobins de Saint-Honoré de la garde nationale parisienne (1790) : “Novo fœdere juncti ; La nation - Le roi - La liberté - La loi”.
I think we made a wrong turn at the Straits of Philosophy.
Look, there was a very important Metaphor Detour and then he had to talk about his feelings for a while and also have you heard how annoying publishers can be?
Well, they did steal his baby. You know, the one he had with his desk.
I think we made a wrong turn at the Straits of Philosophy.
- Camille Desmoulins, n° 27 des Révolutions de France et de Brabant, p. 618 : Je cherchois une république, non pas telle que les anciennes, ou que l'Utopie du chancelier Morus, mais telle que nos législateurs, aidés des lumières du siècle et de l'impulsion du moment, auroient pu en jeter les fondemens s'ils avoient voulu.
- Camille Desmoulins, n° 27 des RFB, p. 622 : je me rembarque et me remets à la poursuite de cette république imaginée par le fabuleux Platon.
ah yes the “napoleon wasn’t a tyrant like that robespierre guy” argument
that makes perfect sense
Overthrowing the government with your army and later crowning yourself emperor is the most democratic thing you could possibly do, you just don’t understand.
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Guess I can stop grad school now. This person clearly has all the answers.
This person is a fucking genius! At comedy. She needs to write a book, not just a pdf! I wish her a gr8 success.
Clearly. I would say that I’d love to see how she deals with Bonaparte’s reinstatement of slavery, but that would mean supposing she’s the kind of person to let facts stand in the way of her comedy routine.
See, you’re not even reading our arguments. That is, that the Terror wasn’t Robespierre’s?
Fuck, even Napoleon himself agrees with me. Or have you done such a paltry amount of research on him that you don’t even know about his writings at St. Helena?
I never said Napoleon was perfect. All I said is he was a far better leader.
Robespierre implemented ‘terror’ meaning he could kill anyone he wished without proving any wrong doings.
here are some sources: 1, 2
He was a weak leader that killed thousands. Tell me how that makes for a good person.“Robespierre implemented ‘terror’ meaning he could kill anyone he wished without proving any wrong doings.”
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“He was a weak leader that killed thousands. Tell me how that makes for a good person.”
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Guess I can stop grad school now. This person clearly has all the answers.
![Drapeau du bataillon des Feuillan[t]s de la garde nationale parisienne (1790) : “La France régénérée”.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/33030f4b21f17d0068d67b50e9fcb626/tumblr_mnav4aGLSC1rwn868o1_1280.jpg)
Drapeau du bataillon des Feuillan[t]s de la garde nationale parisienne (1790) : “La France régénérée”.
Maximilien Robespierre as portrayed by Christophe Allwight in Robespierre 1789-1989
I bet he would love to blindfold you, tie you to a bed, and make you recite the rights of man
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I was just gonna say “that’s not what incorruptible even means, sighs” and then I saw this.
I hate everything.
I felt like pointing that out, but then I assumed that people do know that’s not what incorruptible means and were just messing around. Which I probably shouldn’t. I tend to forget how little people understand Robespierre and the Revolution.
As for the commentary… It’s fucked up how sexy = bondage now in the collective imagination. On the other hand, I think this is coming from the same person who talked about blue poop in the Robespierre tag recently. I’d like to believe that means they’re not representative of any larger tendancy, but I’ve unfortunately been wrong about such things before.
Why do you think it’s “fucked up” that some people find bondage sexy? Or perhaps more importantly, why do you think this is a recent invention and not one that can be found in pornography dating back several hundred years? And how does making a joke in response to a dirty historical confession make someone hate everything?
All important questions, since people seem to be taking jokes and silly comments super seriously.
To clarify: it’s the extremely prevalent idea in contemporary culture that bondage is shorthand for sexy and that tries to force this incredibly narrow idea of sexuality onto everyone - and the imho, incredibly regressive ideas about embracing unequal power dynamics that it encourages - that I find fucked up, not what any given person happens to enjoy. I’m not sure why people seem to think that jokes are separate from the general culture and/or are unable to understand why people might be upset about something they see as representative of a larger societal problem, but whatever. And for the record, I don’t even have a problem with the original post. I actually think it’s made funnier (whether intentionally or not), by the fact that that’s not what incorruptible means.
But I’m sorry, was that too serious for you? Was I getting in the way of your silly fun times? For my part, I was under the impression that humor on a given topic had to have some relevance to that topic to be funny. But you sure proved me wrong: there’s nothing that can’t be made better with a poop joke!
Drapeau du bataillon des Champs-Élysées de la garde nationale parisienne (1790) : “Liberté - Fidélité”.
Princeton University Digital Library. Two pages from Louis Bretez, Plan de Paris : commencé de l’année 1734 (1739) Engraver: Michel-Etienne Turgot, 1690-1751.
“Bird’s-eye view of Paris (walled) and surrounding faubourgs. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Originally printed on 20 sheets. Includes text in cartouche.
Drapeau du bataillon des Capucins de Saint-Louis, Chaussée d’Antin, de la garde nationale parisienne (1790) : “Liberté, loyauté, fidélité, sûreté”.
“[…] on ne lit de ces récits atroces que dans les fastes des tyrans couronnés, ou de ceux qui, vivant dans les forêts, y subsistent, comme les premiers, du fruit des vols et des assassinats. Il y a cette différence, que les rois des grands chemins ont, de tout temps, expiré sur des gibets, et que ceux des villes étoient considérés comme des dieux.”
– Louise Kéralio Robert, Les crimes des reines de France, p. 12.
Drapeau du bataillon de la Jussienne de la garde nationale parisienne (1790). L’intitulé (de Gallica) dit que la devise de ce bataillon est “Courageux - prudent - libre”, mais moi je lis “Courageux - libre - prudent”. Que vous en semble-t-il ?
