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In reply to the discussion: Just heard something interesting about the French Revolution [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)9. I kinda doubt what was said in that first sentence, TBH.
I guess it's possible some of the rightists might indeed have thrown in their hats in the ring for whatever reason, but without the lefties there wouldn't have been a revolution at all.
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Not true. Of course, it depends on what you consider the "start" of the
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#4
I'm probably betraying my age and when I went to school by saying that
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#10
I take a long view of revolutions. You know a lot more than I about the French Revolution, but
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#19
I confused first and second estates, thinking first was nobility and second clergy. Thanks
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#24
I'm sure there are postmortems on this but do you think "Anarchism" is to blame?
flamingdem
Jul 2012
#12
I raised the issue of 'Committee of Self Defense' as the final raid approached,
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#25
Thank you for these links. Bookmarking for later reading. I'm not well versed in the
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#29
Yeah, that's my take on Occupy Los Angleles (pre-raid) too. A few self-identified
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#32
some rightwinger on twitter called Bastille Day 'French surrender Day'
Viva_La_Revolution
Jul 2012
#8
Interestingly, the terms 'right' and 'left' as they apply to politics
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#13