After the Revolution comes the Reign of Terror
“Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible” ~ Maximilien Robespierre
Michelle Obama to grads: ‘shape the revolutions of your time’
Of SJW’s and the Jacobins by ComradeSch
(Radical racist) and First Lady Michelle Obama told graduates at Oberlin college to “actively seek out the most contentious, polarized, gridlocked places you can find” and work to change society.
Instead of the standard uplifting message to graduates that most commencement speakers try to give, Mrs. Obama called for revolution.
[Following is a link to Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky. This PDF is free, it is the blueprint for the revolution that is the subject of Michelle Obama’s commencement speeches and public lectures, Hillary’s Clinton’s senior thesis, and what a.k.a. Barack Hussein Obama taught as a community organizer and now is presently practicing; as it is followed to the letter in recent incidents of civil unrest. Know your enemy – read this book. It is diabolical and evil but it is a brilliant strategy for destroying the America. The tactics and strategies however, can and should be reversed and effectively reapplied with the extreme prejudice being applied. (www.mynacc.org/Rules_for_Radicals.pdf) ]
Obama, who received an honorary degree from the college, drew on the lessons of the struggles for women’s suffrage and civil rights as well as the political battle Franklin Delano Roosevelt experienced in trying to get his “New Deal” legislation passed, telling those in attendance that while democracy may be “messy,” it “works.”
“These folks didn’t let the ugliness and the obstacles deter them. They didn’t just give up and retreat to the comfortable company of like-minded folks, because they understood that this is how democracy operates,” she said. “It is loud and messy, and it’s not particularly warm and fuzzy.”
“The process of democracy might not always be as fast or as smooth as we’d like. But the fact is, it works,” Obama said. “Generation after generation, this country has become more equal, more inclusive, more fair, more free. My life and so many of your lives are a testament of that truth. But that has only happened because folks like all of you left their comfort zones and made their voices heard.”
Oh, really? Advocating “revolution” is not the usual suggestion offered by commencement speakers. Urging students to change society is nothing new, of course, but the manner in which that change is achieved matters greatly. Mrs. Obama is trying to inspire the next generation of social justice warriors, and if they act anything like the SJW of today, then the next generation will be less equal, less inclusive, less fair, and less free. To people like Mrs. Obama, social justice has nothing to do with freedom and everything to do with control.
Today’s college grads have learned that lesson very well on campuses that feature “speech codes,” “safe spaces,” and “trigger warnings.” And without a hint of irony, Mrs. Obama congratulates the graduates on their openness and civility toward people who disagreed with them:
“The truth is, graduates,” she said, “after four years of thoughtful, respectful discussion and debate here at Oberlin -— those seminars where you explored new ideas together, those late-night conversations where you challenged each other and learned from each other — after all of that, you might find yourself a little dismayed by the clamor outside these walls — the name-calling, the negative ads, the folks yelling at each other on TV.
“After being surrounded by people who are so dedicated to serving others and making the world a better place, you might feel a little discouraged by the polarization and gridlock that too often characterize our politics and civic life.”
What’s really discouraging was a string of “hate crimes” committed on Oberlin campus last March. It so shocked and offended the students that they actually canceled classes.
Too bad the “hate crimes” turned out to be a hoax by two white liberal students. Funny that Mrs. Obama never mentioned this incident. No doubt those two students would be ideal participants in Mrs. Obama’s “revolution” to make us all freer.
A Revolutionary Flashback:
After the death of Louis XVI in 1793, the Reign of Terror began. The first victim was Marie Antoinette. She had been imprisoned with her children after she was separated from Louis. First they took her son Louis Charles from her (often called the lost dauphin, or Louis XVII). He disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Then she led off a parade of prominent and not-so-prominent citizens to their deaths. The guillotine, the new instrument of egalitarian justice, was put to work. Public executions were considered educational. Women were encouraged to sit and knit during trials and executions. The Revolutionary Tribunal ordered the execution of 2,400 people in Paris by July 1794. Across France 30,000 people lost their lives.
The Terror was designed to fight the enemies of the revolution, to prevent counter-revolution from gaining ground. Most of the people rounded up were not aristocrats, but ordinary people. A man (and his family) might go to the guillotine for saying something critical of the revolutionary government. If an informer happened to overhear, that was all the tribunal needed. Watch Committees around the nation were encouraged to arrest “suspected persons, … those who, either by their conduct or their relationships, by their remarks or by their writing, are shown to be partisans of tyranny and federalism and enemies of liberty” (Law of Suspects, 1793). Civil liberties were suspended. The Convention ordered that “if material or moral proof exists, independently of the evidence of witnesses, the latter will not be heard, unless this formality should appear necessary, either to discover accomplices or for other important reasons concerning the public interest.” The promises of the Declaration of the Rights of Man were forgotten. Terror was the order of the day. In the words of Maximilien Robespierre, “Softness to traitors will destroy us all.”
Robespierre was the mastermind of the Reign of Terror. He was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety, the executive committee of the National Convention, and the most powerful man in France. He explained how terror would lead to the Republic of Virtue in a speech to the National Convention:
If the spring of popular government in time of peace is virtue, the springs of popular government in revolution are at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is powerless. Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible…It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword that gleams in the hands of the heroes of liberty resembles that with which the henchmen of tyranny are armed. Maximilien Robespierre Speech on the Justification of the Use of Terror
The old maxim “the end justifies the means” describes Robespierre’s policy well.
Even the radical Jacobins, the supporters of Robespierre, come to feel that the Terror must be stopped. Danton rose in the Convention calling for an end to the Terror. He was its next victim. Fearful of Danton’s reputation for eloquence, the Convention passed a decree stating that any accused person who insulted the court should be prohibited from speaking in his own defense. Danton was not allowed to speak in his own defense. Nevertheless after the trial Danton asserted that “the people will tear my enemies to pieces within 3 months.” As he was led to the guillotine he remarked “Above all, don’t forget to show my head to the people – it’s well worth having a look at.” Modesty was never one of his virtues.
When Robespierre called for a new purge in 1794, he seemed to threaten the other members of the Committee of Public Safety. The Jacobins had had enough. Cambon rose in the Convention and said “It is time to tell the whole truth. One man alone is paralyzing the will of the Convention. And that man is Robespierre.” Others quickly rallied to his support. Robespierre was arrested and sent to the guillotine the next day, the last victim of the Reign of Terror.
Source: HIstoryWiz
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