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A lot of what happened during the French revolution was horrific... This is such a bewildering sentence in this context. Yes, killing the rulers is horrific. Re
by happytoexplain 7mo ago
A lot of what happened during the French revolution was horrific... This is such a bewildering sentence in this context. Yes, killing the rulers is horrific. Revolutions are horrific. Wars are horrific. It seems irrelevant to what the parent is (sarcastically) saying.
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- tempestn 7mo agoTheir point was that violence is sometimes justified, using the French Revolution as an example. I'm pointing out that the FR wasn't just a matter of "killing the rulers". Many, many people were killed. It wasn't such an unambiguous good as they seemed to be implying. Also, other countries have transitioned to democracy without such bloodshed.
- hackable_sand 7mo agoIt's just not helpful to the conversation "If we don't put the brakes on this car it's going to go off the cliff!" "Historically, cars falling off cliffs was horrible for all the passengers involved."