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   tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 22:47:22 JST tinydoctor

   It's Bastille Day, y'all. On July 14, 1789, citizen insurgents in Paris stormed the Bastille Saint-Antoine, a medieval fortress built by King Charles V and used as a prison by later French kings, including Louis XVI. Only a few prisoners were locked up in the Bastille that day. The Marquis de Sade had been transferred to another lock-up just ten days earlier. Nevertheless, the Bastille was to the citoyens of Paris a sinister reminder of their oppression under absolute royal power. 1/2

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 22:54:34 JST tinydoctor

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     The attacking crowd was not looking for cake (per Marie Antoinette, allegedly), or to free a few prisoners. They were after the large store of muskets, powder, shot, and ball warehoused there. 30,000 pounds of gunpowder smells like revolution. Load up on guns and bring your friends. Current events suggest this tactic is a resort tho' not last no matter the color of your shirt or hat. #BastilleDay #Revolution #guns Also, #shootingthearchduke

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 22:56:28 JST tinydoctor

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     Or whether the blood on your shirt is yours or your neighbor's.

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 23:04:39 JST tinydoctor

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     Bring your friends.

     (I forgot the “s” in “Qu’ils.” Oh, la.)

     #Revolution #LetThemEatCake #doughnuts #mmmdonuts

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     tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 23:19:38 JST tinydoctor

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     Quote of the Day: "A republican government has virtue as its principle, or else terror. What do they want who want neither virtue nor terror? Terror is the piety of revolution." Louis Antoine Saint-Just

     Saint-Just was a disciple of Robespierre during the Revolution, a member of the Commitee of Public Safety, called the Apostle of the Terror and the Crimson Angel because he sent so many of his fellow revolutionaries to the guillotine. He lost his head, too. Let's not lose our heads, shall we?

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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 23:28:52 JST simsa03

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     A pal of my student times always celebrated Bastille Day. Guess she still does.