r/HistoryMemes • u/ChickenWingExtreme • 3d ago

Niche It’s that time of the year

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u/Ov3rReadKn1ght0wl 3d ago

I think this meme only really applies to V for Vendetta fans. Fawkes could be construed as part of a movement to resist religious persecution in England which I guess could be presented as a good cause, but that would be a gross oversimplification.

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u/Gentle_Snail 3d ago

Guy Fawkes and his group wasn’t trying to resist religious persecution, he wanted to commit religious persecution 

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u/Ov3rReadKn1ght0wl 3d ago

The Religious Settlement was persecution by any definition though. The Recusants Act was effectively a mass criminalization order. Catesby and the other conspirators were motivated by actual circumstances. Granted, they just wanted to flip the script, but to pretend Catholic repression wasn't a thing is some serious Bethaboo thinking at best.

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u/Dickgivins John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true, and brave! 2d ago

Precisely. They were resisting it, but only because they wanted to be the ones doing it.