[pjc50]

Napoleon was ""cancelled"" within his lifetime by being sent into exile. In Britain, his name used to be used as a shorthand for dictatorial behaviour, especially from short men.

De Gaulle was again subject to what you might call the ""woke mob"" during his lifetime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_68

People have to learn to cope with accurate presentation of what historical figures did, a lot of which was very bad especially for the losing side.

[ad404b8a372f2b9]

What's with the double quotes? Of course we want an accurate portrayal of the character, the good and the bad. The worry is it won't be so accurate coming from a contemporary American perspective.

[walshemj]

I think going to the barricades is a much older French tradition and labeling it with the modern "woke" label -does tend to indicate your politics.

[pjc50]

That's what the sarcasm quotes were for.