The French Revolution was led by sociopaths who politicized language, much like today’s Jacobins.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Opinion, by Peggy Noonan — July 25, 2019
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We often make historical parallels here. History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme, as clever people say. And sometimes it hiccups. Here is a hiccup.
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It was a revolution largely run by sociopaths. One, Robespierre, the “messianic schoolmaster,” saw it as an opportunity for the moral instruction of the nation. Everything would be politicized, no part of the citizen’s life left untouched. As man was governed by an “empire of images,” in the words of a Jacobin intellectual, the new régime would provide new images to shape new thoughts. There would be pageants, and new names for things. They would change time itself! The first year of the new Republic was no longer 1792, it was Year One. To detach farmers from their superstitions, their Gregorian calendar and its saints’ days, they would rename the months. The first month would be in the fall, named for the harvest. There would be no more weeks, just three 10-day periods each month.
So here is our parallel, our hiccup. I thought of all this this week because I’ve been thinking about the language and behavioral directives that have been coming at us from the social and sexual justice warriors who are renaming things and attempting to control the language in America.
There is the latest speech guide from the academy, the Inclusive Communications Task Force at Colorado State University. Don’t call people “American,” it directs: “This erases other cultures.” Don’t say a person is mad or a lunatic, call him “surprising/wild” or “sad.” “Eskimo,” “freshman” and “illegal alien” are out. “You guys” should be replaced by “all/folks.” Don’t say “male” or “female”; say “man,” “woman” or “gender non-binary.”
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View the complete article at:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-were-robespierres-pronouns-11564095088
Interesting article. I see the parallel. Thanks for posting Bruce!
@ Lucas Daniel Smith:
I think Peggy Noonan, the author of the WSJ opinion piece, is very insightful and intelligent. The referenced article is certainly a good example of this. Unfortunately, she is also part of the ‘NWO Elite’ and has been listed in attendance at the Bilderberg conferences.
See: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/11590-us-bilderberg-attendees-violating-federal-law-activists-say
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@ Lucas Daniel Smith:
Also of interest and importance, I think, in case you missed them:
(1) Let’s look into Obama the way they’ve looked at me. — Let’s subpoena all of his records.” — https://www.wasobamaborninkenya.com/blog/lets-look-into-obama-the-way-theyve-looked-at-me-lets-subpoena-all-of-his-records/
(2) I CALL JULY 26, 2019 ‘THE END OF THE BEGINNING’ for Kenyan-Born Liar, Fraud and Imposter, Barack Hussein Obama II — https://www.wasobamaborninkenya.com/blog/the-voice-of-reason-shall-triumph-over-the-voice-of-treason/
@ Bruce Steadman:
I see now (about her being part of the NWO Elite). Looking further into Peggy Noonan. Thanks Bruce!
Bruce Steadman wrote:
Thanks Bruce! Taking a look at these now too.