Toby Young went to Oxford, thanks to the machinations of his father, a Baron (who coined, ironically, the term "meritocracy"). Young at age 55 is learning about the counterrevolutionary violence at the Vendée, one of the most famous events of the French Revolution. https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1105039636592762880 …
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Replying to @BenjaminiteMD @PathDom
The fact he buys into the idea it has been "hushed up" when historians have been writing about it for 200 plus years indicates it is news to him.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Or it might indicate that he thinks historians had chosen not to write about certain aspects of the story, such as is alleged in the piece.
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Jeet Heer Retweeted David A. Bell
That's just false, as this thread, from a distinguished historian, documents.https://twitter.com/DavidAvromBell/status/1105119894020993024 …
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David A. Bell @DavidAvromBell1. Thanks to@ProfDaveAndress for pointing out this disgraceful article that gives credence to far-right conspiracy theories and ignores copious scholarship and debate. https://quillette.com/2019/03/10/the-french-genocide-that-has-been-air-brushed-from-history/ …Show this thread1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
Ah - I see. This late 18th-century event has received much scholarly attention since around the 1980s. But it's totally false to suggest it didn't receive as much attention for around 200 years (?).
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Replying to @BenjaminiteMD @HeerJeet
Also, somehow this ties into Vichy, for reasons that aren't made clear.
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The tie to Vichy is that the people promoting the false view that there is a cover-up are doing so because they want to say this is worse than French complicity in Holocaust. You are being obtuse here.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
No, just pointing out that the point isn't particularly fleshed out by Bell, and that even what you're saying makes the connection quite tenuous.
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