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2016-01-11 -Land of the Free

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Posted by badanov 2016-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 We all know the background. Very few Americans are aware of just how bad the religious wars of those times were, even if their own ancestors were among those trying to escape European savagery and migrating to take their chances dealing with the native American sauvages.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-01-11 01:44|| 2016-01-11 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Now, I confess that here my memory is failing me. I can’t remember when, exactly, the policy of disarming all but the Catholic nobility came into effect. But I do remember that it did. Does anyone on Ricochet remember? I know that it happened, but I can’t remember when.

So, the central point of the article is not referenced. And Huguenots were definitely not disarmed on St Bartholomew's Day..

And the rest of the article is pure homespun history as well.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-01-11 04:16|| 2016-01-11 04:16|| Front Page Top

#3 And not one mention of Jason or the golden fleece...hmmph.

Posted by DepotGuy 2016-01-11 11:39|| 2016-01-11 11:39|| Front Page Top

#4 well the Huguenots of the 16th century did not have very good firearms but neither did their opponents

the first practical flintlocks date from the early 17th century

The Huguenots were overwhelmed mostly because their opponents were better organized, more numerous and more vicious - probably better armed too but that wouldn't have been decisive without the other factors

Posted by lord garth 2016-01-11 12:16|| 2016-01-11 12:16|| Front Page Top

#5 The three musketeers figured in there somewhere....

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-11 12:27|| 2016-01-11 12:27|| Front Page Top

#6 The siege of La Rochelle.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-01-11 12:35|| 2016-01-11 12:35|| Front Page Top

#7 A super-accurate metaphor that most of the audience doesn't know about would have gone over worse than using the arm the Jews. Most people understand at the very least that even if the Jews would have eventually been slaughtered they would have been able take a few of the bastards with them. Folks understand that on a gut level.

I don't think it lost Carson a single vote. Those that complained about the metaphor weren't voting Carson anyway.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-01-11 18:43|| 2016-01-11 18:43|| Front Page Top

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