"YOU'RE MISLED BUT NOT BOUGHT. JOIN US!" A REBEL CRIED OUT TO FANATICAL OPPONENTS

MUCH LATER, I LEARNED OF A FRENCH CATASTROPHE LIKE THAT OF KENT STATE

In 1871 Breton soldiers fired on unarmed demonstrators, killing 11. Their hate had a reason: During the Revolution soldiers of the republic had slaughtered their people. 

Instead of fighting back, Louise Michel, a comrade of the killed shouted out, "You're misled but you're not bought. We need your energy! Join us!"

Harald Wolff

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What I most strongly retain from my experience with the cops is their resentment at liberals looking down on them.

 

Before condemning lower-class extremists we should try to grasp the force of humiliation. Like the Breton soldiers they are misled but not bought, and like the rebel we should say, "Join us!"

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Me at the "No Kings" demonstration at place de la Bastille on June 14, 2025. 

This is the end of Part I. 

Part II compares French and African history

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