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Beto XIV – The Scum King

Patriot Retort:

I want to talk a little about the Edict of Nantes.  And before you nod off, trust me, I will be brief. And clearly from the ‘shop image of the Scum King, you know I have a point to make that is relevant to today.

Some of you may already know about the Edict of Nantes and its subsequent revocation by King Louis XIV (the Sun King, not the Scum King – though, he was pretty scummy).

But for those of you who don’t, here’s the Readers Digest condensed version.

In the late sixteenth century, King Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes.  This edict effectively permitted religious freedom in France.  Prior to it, Protestants – the Huguenots as they were called – were considered heretics.  But with the Edict of Nantes, religions would not be the prevue of the State.  In other words, by royal decree, the French of all religions were granted civil rights.

The problem, of course, was it was a royal decree.  And when rights are bestowed by the State, they can be taken away by the State whenever the King feels like it.

What the State giveth, the State can taketh away.

And that’s exactly what Louis XIV did.  He revoked the edict of Nantes – slowly at first starting in 1661, but then completely with the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685.

The Protestants who for nearly a hundred years enjoyed civil rights found themselves once again the subject of persecution.

They were forced to convert to Catholicism or face punitive action from the State.

And as Louis liked to remind everyone, L’etat, c’est moi.”

10 Comments on Beto XIV – The Scum King

  1. I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight — Arthur
    C’est Moi? — Lancelot
    Then You May Take Me to the Fair — Guenevere
    Camelot Camelot Camelot — King Arthur

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  2. “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone or any institution or organization in America that denies the full human rights, and the full civil rights, of everyone in America…
    …except for the ever peaceful muslims.”

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  3. “Here comes the Scum King
    Here comes the Scum King
    Everybody’s wacky
    Everybody’s crappy

    Quando para mucho mi amore de felice corazón
    Mundo paparazzi mi amore chicka ferdy parasol
    Cuesto obrigado tanta mucho que canite carousel”

    (sounds just like Beano’s Spanglish)

    … apologies to J. Lennon

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  4. Simply Folksongs…

    don’t forget “Fie on Goodness, Fie”

    that’s pretty much always the end result of socialism….

    oh, and “What do the Simple Folk Do?”…..cause, you know…..simple folk…….

  5. Mormons and power, I do not trust. Nor do I ever trust Catholics in power, because the history of the Catholic church and how it has always treated people when it has any degree of power. Today, instead of possessing power, it craves it and aligns itself with those people and ideologies who do have it but the result is basically the same. None of them can be trusted with power. Democrat or Republican, doesn’t matter. That’s why once upon a time, papists we’re not allowed on this continent.

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  6. Tax “advantages” should not be subject to Executive fiat.

    In fact, taxes related to anything other than Constitutional requirements are theft.
    Armed theft.

    That Beano would even posit such foolishness is evidence of his weaknesses; both as candidate and as understanding America.

    izlamo delenda est …

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