Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Press

[riosleftsock]

Some of you might see a parallel with current events, enjoy.The announcements in the French national newspaper Le Moniteur sum up the recent situation perfectly:

• March 10:      The Corsican ogre has landed at Cape Juan.
• March 11:      The tiger is in Gap. Troops are on their way and will stop him. He will end his miserable adventure as a homeless refugee in the mountains.
• March 12:      The monster succeeded in proceeding to Grenoble.
• March 13:      The tyrant is now in Lyon. Horror has caught the people.
• March 18:      The usurper is some days march distant from Paris.
• March 19:      Bonaparte approaches in a hurry, but he will not succeed in advancing to Paris.
• March 20:      Napoleon will be in Paris tomorrow.
• March 21:      Emperor Napoleon is in Fontainebleau
• March 22:      Yesterday evening His Majesty celebrated his arrival in Paris. The jubilation cannot be described.

[Nurse Ratched]

You might like this one, Lee.

[riosleftsock]

Probably a better comparison for Trump would be Cincinnatus, returning from the plough when his country needed him.

[riosleftsock]

Thank you Pickle, the sound of a distant grosz dropping was heard in saffron walden.

The comparison was to the media, I'd never compare Trump to Napoleon, only an idiot would try to find any comparison there.

[Hammer and Pickle]

On reflection, I agree the OP hasn’t even succeeded in making a proper comparison and only makes a pedestrian observation about media sensationalism. My bad.

[ironsofcanada]

Likening Trump to Napoleon is a tad flattering, n’est pas?

Pickle, mate.  If you can't parse the meaning of the OP, do the barest research and read the third post where it is explicitly explain. 


I think it was actually a more apt call out of Biden and his press secretary than the press generally, who are really still saying what they were saying, just with more attempts to avoid self-reflection.

I appreciate Biden and Jean-Pierre's congratulation and attempt find unity but is completely different political message than the "a threat to democracy" from not that long ago, even when he was not the candidate. 

It neuters such strong language.  Which is an actual problem for me. 

[Massive Attack]

[Cabbige Savage]

French press & bulgarion split squat are my 2 favorite exsersize to do when i drunk 

[Hammer and Pickle]

Likening Trump to Napoleon is a tad flattering, n’est pas?

[Moncurs Putting Iron]

Forget to say your point in developments is valid but the thread was about the election which is now done.

So next discussion point might be about his appointments which can then go through the cycle.

I like this one by the way Rios

Clever.

 

[Moncurs Putting Iron]

it's a bit silly the Trump thread was locked, obviously there's going to be a talking point around it every other day. just suspend the people that can't control themselves for a few days and let everyone else get on with it 

There's a pattern Mr A

Political thread gets opened.
Some real sense of at least articulate non sneering, non angry ranting is seen. along with some debates.
Sneering starts
Anger starts
Points scoring and Score settling starts
Name calling starts
Thread becomes circular and cyclical around these negatives with only occasional chunks of decent posts.

Thread locked.
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[RBshorty]

A comparison of Trump and Napolean? Fuck me, that's a stretch. 

Our Glorious Leader would approve of such sentiment.

[Russ of the BML]

A comparison of Trump and Napolean? Fuck me, that's a stretch. 

[Massive Attack]

It's all gone a bit Gloria Gaynor on here..

[Mike Oxsaw]

Posters on here are what they are, not what a certificate holding simpleton wants them to be.

[Hammer and Pickle]

I’m on a mission to get you to celebrate life, Mr Anonymous. All we have to do is start by being strong enough to be what we really are. Not a big thing for a big boy like you, right. And no need to lock any threads either.

[goose]

Do we have to suffer the long necked tramp spamming up every thread?

[Takashi Miike]

you can't help yourself can you pickle, on a mission to get another thread locked?

he needs to be locked, the cսnt

[Lee Trundle]

That's the life of a cuck, Mr Anon.

He loves being humiliated.

[Mr Anon]

you can't help yourself can you pickle, on a mission to get another thread locked?

[Hammer and Pickle]

Yes yes Michael

I'm just wondering how all those Trump-voting Palestinians in Pennsylvania and Trump-voting closet cock-smokers in Iowa are celebrating today.

Are you having an extra biscuit with your tea?

[Massive Attack]

long neck doesn't seem to grasp that it was the non white vote that made trump's victory so big, he really is an ignorant fucking peasant

The muslim, black, Latino, as well as women and 18-29 demographics really did come out to vote for Trump in big numbers. Because he's such a vile, disgusting, racist misogynist that no one can be seen to ever vote for him..

[Takashi Miike]

long neck doesn't seem to grasp that it was the non white vote that made trump's victory so big, he really is an ignorant fucking peasant

[Mike Oxsaw]

Translating Benefit claims forms into Spanish for Mexicans and other south American illegals must be/have been a lucrative side-line.

[Hammer and Pickle]

Can’t you celebrate your real victory?

I mean, if your kid’s in a US school and he’s not white, obviously heterosexual and you are somehow foreign, the teacher is not going to embarrass you by being on your side any more. All the kid has to do is punch first and show who’s the boss around here, right?

Altogether yippie MAGA!

[Massive Attack]

Why was it locked? 

was it just that pissheads homophobic rant?

It would appear Homophobe and Fickle overstepped the mark. Everyone was actually enjoying the discussion till he ruined it.