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The Guillotine: A Symbol Meant to Terrify Americans into Submission
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property ^ | September 8, 2020 | John Horvat II

Posted on 09/13/2020 9:12:04 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

All culture wars involve a clash of symbols. Symbols say a lot with a little. All it takes is a piece of cloth or an extraordinary object to transmit a world of ideas. They convey identity, impact and mood.

One sinister symbol, appearing in the riots and disturbances, is the guillotine. In picking this device, the rioters have chosen a symbol that energizes their militants, frightens their opponents and represents their uncompromising ideologies.

These revolutionaries adopt it willingly, enthusiastically and unapologetically. They know exactly what it means and use it to strike terror in the souls of those it targets.

The Guillotine Appears

The guillotine targets the American order. It is found on Portland’s chaotic streets, even in its residential neighborhoods at night, as a warning of what can be expected from revolutionary mob “justice.” It has appeared before the house of Jeff Bezos near Washington, D.C. The militants at the CHAZ/CHOP experiment in Seattle referred to it. After the Republic National Convention, protesters outside the White House displayed a guillotine with an effigy of President Trump to be beheaded.

The guillotine was the instrument of death and terror by which tens of thousands were executed during the French Revolution. Its inventor was a French physician, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. He had hoped to develop a machine that would behead the French Revolution’s enemies painlessly and mechanically. Unfortunately, his name became almost synonymous with the wholesale slaughter that characterized the revolution that so destroyed French society.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; blm; frenchrevolution; guillotine; insurrection; jabobins; marxists; revolution
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To: moehoward; Salamander

Alice is like Kenny on South Park.


21 posted on 09/13/2020 10:04:52 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Wait til they get a load of the plinko guillotine.


22 posted on 09/13/2020 10:05:19 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins - What is scarier then offensive words? Not being able to say them..)
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To: allendale

Come say hello to my little frien’.


23 posted on 09/13/2020 10:07:26 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: DoodleBob

Ok. I laughed.


24 posted on 09/13/2020 10:12:34 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

guillotine is the new noose

mask is the new hood


25 posted on 09/13/2020 10:16:02 PM PDT by thoughtomator (here comes the switch to Hillary)
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To: LeoWindhorse

I prefer to give them the flamethrower. A foretaste of their final destination of the Lake of Fire. But that would be “cruel and unusual punishment “, as well as being a bit North Korean.


26 posted on 09/13/2020 10:17:29 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (Antifa=BLM=RevCom=CPUSA = CCP=Democratic Party)
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To: Fred Hayek

27 posted on 09/13/2020 10:18:26 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Roman_War_Criminal; SaveFerris; SkyPilot

Interesting, isn’t it, how they choose that particular instrument of execution in light of Bible prophecy.

The guillotine is not going away, folks.


28 posted on 09/13/2020 10:21:42 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I think those who are on the front lines of rioting will be the first to go.

Those running things will realize that they are easily swayed and led and will follow any leader who rebels against the established authority.

Hence, while they are useful initially, they become a liability because they cannot be trusted.


29 posted on 09/13/2020 10:24:44 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Having been to war several time this is not what I want to see in our nation or be a part of,

BUT,

If pushed into the situation where I have no choice then I know exactly how to wage war.

I prefer an short AR with a collapsible stock and a 10 inch barrel with up and down 30 round mags, then grab the back slung riot gun with the extended mag that carries 11 rounds of 00 buckshot. Then my .40 W/laser stoked with a 15 round mag and 4 extras.

Their way is one at a time.

I do not have to play by their rules and I am never the only one there who is armed.

The rangers taught me to shoot first, shoot most, and shoot best.

If thrust into the war the left seems to want it will not be a half way or partial situation. War does not work that way. There is our side, and there are targets.


30 posted on 09/13/2020 10:25:41 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I will counter with what the ol count from Transylvania used to do.

Let em chew on that for a while.


31 posted on 09/13/2020 10:38:59 PM PDT by crz
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

These people don’t know enough history to know the French Reign Of Terror


32 posted on 09/13/2020 10:52:19 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Secret Agent Man

They don’t know that the Trotskyites were killed first


33 posted on 09/13/2020 10:53:00 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Anyone setting up a guillotine should be sniped from concealment. And I’ll laugh when it happens, as it almost certainly will soon.


34 posted on 09/13/2020 11:00:01 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: MacNaughton

Death Mask of Robespierre
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Damn... and I thought it was Al Gore’s mask. Anyone else see the resemblance?


35 posted on 09/13/2020 11:05:45 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: metmom
Interesting, isn’t it, how they choose that particular instrument of execution in light of Bible prophecy.

Care to elaborate on that? Are you claiming that guillotines are mentioned in the Bible?

Chapter and verse would be appreciated.

Regards,

36 posted on 09/13/2020 11:06:07 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: elcid1970

After being hit with 7.62mm bullets at 2500fps+ may not be too stack-able.

These articles always assume those of us itching to open fire will be held back forever.


37 posted on 09/13/2020 11:14:15 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: metmom

“ that particular instrument of execution ”

More to do with the French revolution I’m guessing. But for some reason all it does for me is draw a clear parallel between BLM and Spinal Tap.


38 posted on 09/13/2020 11:15:28 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: right way right

The ammo cost is a real bitch on those.


39 posted on 09/13/2020 11:16:20 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: doorgunner69

Don’t wreck my fantasy.


40 posted on 09/13/2020 11:18:48 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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