Talk:French Revolution

On Mission?
It was asked in the comment line of an edit if this was on mission. I'm assuming the editor meant the entire article. So I thought I'd open up the discussions and see what people think. Personally, I think it has serious potential to be on mission, as it was in many ways, a "rational" (in the philosophical sense, not the 'rationality is logic' sense) response to wrongful government. But I think we can focus it more, really bring that side of the article out - assuming we care about missionality.--Godot When I graduated, Cognative Science of Religion didn't even exist! now it's everywhere 14:57, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd say it could also be on-mission from a conspiracy theory perspective, given the vast literature (both contemporary and modern) claiming that the revolution was some kind of masonic conspiracy. — Unsigned, by: ORavenhurst / talk 🇱🇮 15:01, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Anti-jacobin bias.
I have the problem with this article, and that problem is that this article is far too anti-jacobin and makes zero (0) mention of the fact that the Jacobins abolished slavery. A somebody. (talk) 18:30, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The Logic of the Guillotine was overwhelmingly used to punish the poor, not those who were the nominal targets of the Jacobins (the aristocracy). Carthage (talk) 18:34, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I dunno man, I kinda hate the catholic church, slavery, monarchy, while also loving democracy, which the french revolution undoubtedly gave to europe. A somebody. (talk) 18:35, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Lincoln abolished slavery. He also executed dozens of Sioux warriors and enabled settler colonialism in the West with the Homestead Act. You can have both good and bad aspects to something. Politics isn't a zero-sum game. Carthage (talk) 18:39, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes that was bad, but the article still makes zero (0) mention of the fact that they abolished slavery, and the Jacobins were an overwhelming good force for france. And besides the Ancien Régime was far, far, FAR worse. A somebody. (talk) 18:42, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think the napoleon article mentions that he brought back slavery either. A somebody. (talk) 18:44, 18 July 2023 (UTC)