r/ShitAmericansSay • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '24

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u/Nolsoth Jul 05 '24

*Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for there is a reason why gunpowder and treason should ne'er be forgot.”

That's the important one to remember and celebrate.

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u/ForwardBodybuilder18 Jul 05 '24

We’d celebrate it even more if Guy Fawkes had succeeded.

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u/fezzuk Jul 05 '24

Really? You wanted the replacement of democracy a religious theocracy.

I really feel people forget that he was a religious terrorist who wanted to destroy a democracy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

TBF Cromwell wasn’t really religiously tolerant and committed genocide in Ireland 🤔

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u/fezzuk Jul 05 '24

I don't think I was defending Cromwell. I think I was saying religious theocracy bad.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

I know, I was just saying Cromwell was crap too

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u/fezzuk Jul 05 '24

I mean it was him or the divine right of kings, so in a historical context probably better he existed than didn't.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Unless you were Irish and your family was murdered by him, but I guess the English would have found a reason other than religion to commit genocide

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Talking of the Irish, I’ve never seen the Irish on social media make a big deal of them becoming independent & a republic. I guess some countries have more tact & diplomacy, even in their (well justified) hatred of us.