{"id":1974093,"date":"2023-07-15T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-historically-illiterate-dana-loesch-torches-blinken-over-bastille-day-tweet\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T21:52:03","slug":"are-you-historically-illiterate-dana-loesch-torches-blinken-over-bastille-day-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-historically-illiterate-dana-loesch-torches-blinken-over-bastille-day-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Loesch criticizes Blinken&#8217;s Bastille Day tweet, questions historical knowledge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fare-you-historically-illiterate-dana-loesch-torches-blinken-over-bastille-day-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch schools Secretary of State Antony Blinken on history<\/h2>\n<p>Nationally syndicated radio host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dana-loesch-rips-biden-the-stupidest-thing-ive-ever-heard-about-guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dana Loesch<\/a> took time out on Saturday to offer a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">history lesson<\/a> to Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-cuomo-brings-in-big-guns-to-defend-blinkens-alleged-lies-disgraced-fbi-agent-peter-strzok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony Blinken<\/a>, mocking him for comparing the American Revolution to the French Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken had offered a statement Friday in honor of Bastille Day \u2014 the day that French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille prison in 1789.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The War of Independence and the French Revolution were fueled by the same aspirations for freedom, democracy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">human rights<\/a>. Today, we are more committed than ever to defending them \u2014 together. Warmest wishes on Bastille Day to the people of France.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1679860760145543169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Loesch was quick to respond, first simply wondering, \u201cAre you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/munich-the-edge-of-nonsense\/\" title=\"Munich: The Edge of Nonsense\">historically illiterate<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our revolution, founded in the protection of individualism and freedom <strong>from<\/strong> is opposite the French Revolution which pushed freedom <strong>to<\/strong> and socialist subjugation. Tocqueville noted that freedom was no longer the main pursuit of the revolutionaries. It was so unsuccessful it was\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1680249433508704258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur revolution, founded in the protection of individualism and freedom <strong>from<\/strong> is opposite the French Revolution which pushed freedom <strong>to<\/strong> and socialist subjugation,\u201d she explained. \u201cTocqueville noted that freedom was no longer the main pursuit of the revolutionaries. It was so unsuccessful it was followed by a dictator then the restoration of the monarchy. What an embarrassing tweet from a member of our government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Loesch was far from the only person to notice the historical inaccuracy of Blinken\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth nations had revolutions at nearly the same time, that is true. The American Revolution started in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789. In France, just 4 years later, collectivist ideologues who claimed that their science was superior to God-given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-historically-illiterate-dana-loesch-torches-blinken-over-bastille-day-tweet\/\" title=\"Dana Loesch criticizes Blinken's Bastille Day tweet, questions historical knowledge.\">wisdom usurped control<\/a> of the country and proceeded to wreck every civic institution and overturn every social norm,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSarcasticist\/status\/1680158313986572288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commented<\/a>. \u201cPolitical opponents were hunted down and destroyed, and the power of the State was unleashed against its citizens, viciously crushing all dissent. No question or doubt was tolerated. In the United States, it took until 2020 to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Gonzales added, \u201cThe French Revolution launched the Reign of Terror that killed tens of thousands of people, often in the most gruesome ways. Simon Schama wrote in \u2018Citizens\u2019 that during the Vend\u00e9an massacre, \u2018Every atrocity the time could imagine was meted out to the defenseless population. Women were routinely raped, children killed, both mutilated. . . . At Gonnord . . . two hundred old people, along with mothers and children, [were forced] to kneel in front of a large pit they had dug; they were then shot so as to tumble into their own grave. . . . Thirty children and two women were buried alive when earth was shoveled onto the pit.\u2019 But Blinken isn\u2019t wrong to praise the French Revolution because, in a sense, modern liberals like him are its heirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The French Revolution launched the Reign of Terror that killed tens of thousands of people, often in the most gruesome ways. Simon Schama wrote in \u201cCitizens\u201d that during the Vend\u00e9an massacre, \u201cEvery atrocity the time could imagine was meted out to the defenseless population.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0xB8jvw7U\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q0xB8jvw7U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emeriticus\/status\/1680075547525742592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Omri Ceren, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">national security adviser<\/a> for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), pointed out, \u201cIt\u2019s a small thing, but this is not the position of the State Dept. The State Dept. Office of the Historian notes that the Founders were so opposed to the French Revolution the Federalists legislated against it. This is what happens when you let children do social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s a small thing, but this is not the position of the State Dept.<\/p>\n<p>The State Dept. Office of the Historian notes that the Founders were so opposed to the French Revolution the Federalists legislated against it. <\/p>\n<p>This is what happens when you let children do social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PaXL6IAFzQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/PaXL6IAFzQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omriceren\/status\/1680195809785028612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio host Dana Loesch mocked Secretary of State Antony Blinken for comparing the American Revolution to the French Revolution. 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