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Théophile Ferré was a leader of the Paris Commune who was executed by the French government on this day in 1871. Ferré personally authorized the execution of the archbishop of Paris and was the first of 25 Communards to be executed.

Little is known about Ferré's early life, before his participation in the Paris Commune. After Paris was seized by revolutionaries in March 1871, Ferré served on the Commune's Committee of Public Safety, a body given extensive powers to hunt down enemies of the Commune.

On April 5th, the Commune passed a decree that authorized the arrest of any person thought to be loyal to the French government in Versailles, to be held as hostages. Prominent figures arrested included a Catholic priest Georges Darboy and the archbishop of Paris. The Commune hoped to exchange their hostages for Louis-Auguste Blanqui, a revolutionary and honorary President of the Commune, imprisoned by the state.

Following the events of the "Bloody Week", in which the French government summarily executed many suspected Communards, Ferré authorized the execution of several hostages, including Darboy and the archbishop.

After the resistance of the Commune collapsed, Ferré was captured by the army, tried by a military court, and sentenced to death. On November 28th, 1871, he was shot at Satory, an army camp southwest of Versailles. He was the first of twenty-five Communards to be executed for their role in the Paris Commune.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

Is there an equivalent for the “helicopter rides” school of thinly veiled, dogwhistly death threats that can be slung back at right wingers in social media arguments?

Always pissed me off that they’re allowed to do that shit but I can’t even tell people they belong in “reeducation camps”.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

"Get re-educated" has been my go-to.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Off the top of my head: "follow your leader", "[group/person] gets the wall", "actually it's a good thing that your grandma's [slave plantation/egg farm/toothbrush/pony] got confiscated?

You can maybe also take a visual approach, eg. romanov-wall.jpg, pictures of Lyudmila Pavlichenko/giant spoons/motorised paragliders/[communist "dictator"] with shining laser eyes, the "your grandpa deserved it" video.

Seriously though, dogwhistles shouldn't be a leftist's go-to tactic in any remotely serious argument. Shitposting is fun and all, and has a place in conversations among like-minded people, but communist revolution won't be built using obscure online forum in-jokes. It's always more important, and productive, in internet debates to focus on clear-headed material analysis and education. There's a reason why Marx says that Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims, and Sankara says revolutionaries must never stop explaining.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

You could make something out of "face the wall." They'd have to identify themselves as Nazi adjacent for "follow your leader" to work. But at that point it's the means by which you disengage for the paradox of intolerance.

In general I feel like your conventional tools of asking them to explain the joke, comparing them unfavorably to characters in media (Charlie Brown kicking the football, Buddy from Elf, a SpongeBob gif), and calling them babygirl/girlypop is better. They probably have a warped sense of masculinity so engaging them with threats over social media is scratching that Clint Eastwood itch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

"Tito is giving free tours of Barbara mines."