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.

[only1billybonds]

Trundle, that is superb.

Some clever fuckers out there.

[Hammer and Pickle]

I see.

You’re really trying to celebrate.

wow

just wow

[Lee Trundle]

[Hammer and Pickle]

What’s this thread about?

If it’s supposed to be making fun of people who are concerned about the way the US and the world is going now we have Trump in the White House again, have you really thought it through?

I mean, it suggests you don’t even know who Napoleon Bonaparte was and what happened after his arrival in Paris. Or aren’t we allowed to even make the association between the two ego maniacs or draw any lessons from history about populism at all?

 

[collyrob]

Why was it locked? 

was it just that pissheads homophobic rant?

[Mr Anon]

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 

[claypole]

I saw a headline on the bbc and thought maybe that involved a Napoleon.

[RBshorty]

Yeah. It’s known as “Not biting the hand that feeds you.!” Its pretty much how civilisation has always ran.

[wils]

Like a variant of that Gandhi quote that Farage is fond of, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"

[riosleftsock]

It was a series of headlines from the French press at the time.  You can take it any way you choose, but your take is not where I was coming from (bigly)

[Come On You Irons]

Are you suggesting Trump will dismantle the US constitution and anoint himself 'supreme leader' a la Napoleon and other dictators?

Grow up.