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happy guy fawkes day rule (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 8 months ago by yote_zip@pawb.social to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 139 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

he was trying to kill the king because the king was protestant and he wanted a king who'd force everyone to be catholic it's celebrating that he was stopped hung drawn and quartered L + rip bozo

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 78 points 8 months ago

Glad you pointed this out. The efforts of Guy Fawkes and his team were to restrict the rights of many. Although the character of V For Vendetta is cool, it's very, very loosely based on the actual Guy Fawkes (who gives me the impression of a bigot, from what we know of the gunpowder plot).