>>21684268>So the idea of there being some longer push for atheism is historically inaccurateGoogle "French" revolution, or educate yourself here:
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>THE NANTES DROWNINGSOld men, pregnant women, and children were drowned with no sort of
distinction. They were put on board lighters which were railed round to keep the
prisoners from jumping overboard if they should happen to disengage
themselves. There were plugs made in the bottom or sides and, being pulled
out, the lighter sank and all in it were drowned.
These expeditions were first carried on by night but the sun soon beheld this murderous work. At first the
prisoners were drowned in their clothes; this however appeared too merciful and to expose the two sexes
naked before each other was a pleasure that the ruffians could not forego. The young men and women
were picked out, stripped naked, and tied together face to face.
Carrier, the bloodiest of the bloody, would select from among the prettiest females those whom he thought
worthy of his foul embraces and after being satiated with their charms he sent them to the guillotine. Carrier,
be it observed, was a member of the National Convention, a Representative of the People, a Law-giver.
Carrier and his myrmidons used to make fun of such wholesale drownings, which he nicknamed
"immersions,", "national baptisms," and the like.
From "The Reign of Terror: A Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors Committed by the Revolutionary
Government of France Under Marat and Robespierre, Volume 2" by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1826., p. 171
