For anyone interested, another more sympathetic figure to contrast with Marat and the like is Camille Desmoulins. A lawyer before the revolution, he engaged in

For anyone interested, another more sympathetic figure to contrast with Marat and the like is Camille Desmoulins. A lawyer before the revolution, he engaged in the same 'rage-culture' diatribes as Marat -- until he realized he had gone much too far and began to speak against the Terror. Of course, he lost his head. Just his Wikipedia page is quite an emotional ride. Thermidor can't come soon enough.