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A recent episode of the PBS series Royal Myths and Secrets dealt with the French Revolution.

My concept of this pivotal period in history was simple - there was an uprising by starving peasants due to the excesses of King Louis XVI and his self-indulgent queen, Marie Antoinette. It began with the storming of the Bastille. The king and queen were imprisoned and their lives put to a grisly end on the guillotine. End of storyor was it?

In 1789 France was in dire financial straits due to enormous debt incurred by supporting America during its fight for independence. It was the bourgeois middle-class, aligned with the nations nobility that were largely responsible for the revolt against the monarchy. The contrived assault on the Bastille did not free political prisoners but rather seven criminals who were subsequently rearrested. For three years the revolutionaries and loyalists along with the king sought reforms to address the nations problems. In that time, tales of the queens supposed disregard for the poor and rumors of alleged infidelities and perversions were published, circulating among the citizens, further inciting scorn and hatred for her.

By 1791 France was floundering. Civil war ensued. Attempting escape, the royal couple was captured and imprisoned. The end of his reign came in 1793 with his execution followed by that of the queen. This began the "The Reign of Terror" with over 14,000 citizens sent to the guillotine. It would be 80 years from the onset of the revolution before the first stable democracy was finally established in France

While France facilitated and was inspired by Americas success in establishing a democracy conceived in and dedicated to liberty and equality, their efforts resulted in a grim, lengthy struggle prolonged by internal strife.

Since its founding America has engaged in many battles - against Nazism, Fascism, Imperialism, Communism and Radical Terrorism.

Now we are instructed to believe in a new enemy - "bad, evil people" who "would tear down the beliefs, culture, identity" of America. Whose "radical view of American history is a web of lies."

Those who "indoctrinate our children" that are being "taught in school to hate their own country."

Those who seek "a cultural revolution" by means of "extreme indoctrination and bias in education, journalism, and other cultural institutions."

Their weapon - "Cancel Culture", "driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees".

Those are the words of the President of the United States as delivered on the eve of a celebration of this nations independence; who further charged those posing these threats as "left-wing" "liberal Democrats" whose "goal is not a better America; their goal is the end of America."

I leave it to the reader to determine who poses the threat to the future of democracy in a truly united country.

Kathie Moore, rural Hutchinson, is a freelance artist, retired from the U.S. Postal Service. Email her at klmnews45@gmail.com.

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