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On the 14th of July in 1789, a crowd of nearly one thousand protesters stormed the Bastille in Paris, France, a major event in the French Revolution, commemorated annually as "Bastille Day".

In the months running up to the uprising, the people of France were facing a dire economic crisis, food shortage, and increased militarization of Paris on orders of King Louis XVI. The Bastille was an armory and prison, perceived by many as a symbol of royal authority in the city.

On the morning of July 14th, a crowd of approximately one thousand people surrounded the Bastille, calling for the surrender of the prison, the removal of its cannon, and the release of the arms and gunpowder stored there.

After negotiations stalled, the crowd surged into the courtyard of the Bastille and were fired upon by troops in the garrison. In the carnage that followed, ninety-eight protesters and one defender of the Bastille were killed.

Governor Marquis de Launay, fearing his troops could not hold out, capitulated to the crowd and opened up the Bastille doors. He was captured and dragged towards the HΓ΄tel de Ville in a storm of abuse. While the crowd debated his fate, the badly beaten Launay shouted "Enough! Let me die!", kicked a pastry cook in the groin, and was then promptly stabbed to death.

As news of the successful seizure of the Bastille spread throughout the country, revolutionaries established parallel structures of power for government and militias for civic protection, burned deeds of property, and in some cases attacked wealthy landlords.

King Louis XVI first learned of the storming the next morning through the Duke of La Rochefoucauld. "Is it a revolt?" asked the King. The duke replied: "No sire, it's not a revolt; it's a revolution."

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[–] ComradeLove@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Isn't it more precise to say he was shot "on" the ear?

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[–] OrionsMask@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

@Chronicon Re: your reply to the last mega thread, thanks for trying. It's okay, it just limits my scrolling which I have no issues with, but if there's any further data I can provide so you can troubleshoot for others, let me know.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

My nose bled today because of Accutane yet it's not being reported on smh my head.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Fico clears Trump.

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Hypernormalisation is just youtube video essays about disney for millenials

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Rush fans when Bastille Day:

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Damn. Looks like it was a mass shooting (good guy with a gun will stop the bad guy with a gun type of beat) and not a targeted attack on Trump. But we live in a post truth world AND I think this is just another example of why the internet is cancer. Just utterly incomprehensible how we made it so easy for outright lies to spread like wildfire with this tech

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I enjoy that Trump and Elon are kinda perfect parodies of a politician and a CEO. yeah they are absurd, but everyone else in positions of power is like just as dumb as they are in much the same ways, just less comical

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

I'm leaning towards staged

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A weekend full of excitement (Wimbledon and Euro finals).

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

Just DON'T FUCKING MISS. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S THE ONLY REQUIREMENT.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

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