@GavCortland @robdaemon As someone who has studied France since age 13, lived here as a student, visited repeatedly as an adult, and is currently standing in Nice, I can attest that the atrocities of the French Revolution are *precisely* what come to mind in this moment.
Once it’s acceptable to kill one class of people, it becomes acceptable to kill others.
Such violence is not discreet, productive, or cleansing.
The antidote to poison is never more of the same poison.