sansculotte \sanz-koo-LAHT\ noun
1 : an extreme radical republican in France at the time of the Revolution
*2 : a radical or violent extremist in politics
Combined with this from the Quote Collector's Tribe, courtesy of Patrick:
George Orwell:
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
Fighting for the truth, despite the crushing opposition of the government, despite the threats from the police--protectors of the rights of the wealthy--of arrest is a noble pursuit in keeping with the foundations of the beginning of our Republic. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Che Guevara, and Malcolm X are all sansculotte brothers of today's revolutionaries.
1 : an extreme radical republican in France at the time of the Revolution
*2 : a radical or violent extremist in politics
Combined with this from the Quote Collector's Tribe, courtesy of Patrick:
George Orwell:
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
Fighting for the truth, despite the crushing opposition of the government, despite the threats from the police--protectors of the rights of the wealthy--of arrest is a noble pursuit in keeping with the foundations of the beginning of our Republic. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Che Guevara, and Malcolm X are all sansculotte brothers of today's revolutionaries.
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Re: sansculotte
Wed, March 16, 2005 - 5:05 AMThey all were radical, but in and of themselves were not violent. Those whom they "motivated" were the ones who turned words into violent deeds.
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Wed, March 16, 2005 - 9:03 AMWhile true of Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, Che and Malcolm were participants in the violence they encouraged. Che performed as a soldier on two continents in addition to his words of revolution. Malcolm had a criminal, albeit minor, past and was actively encouraging violence and many believe if he hadn't been killed he would have taken up the arms of revolution. -
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Fri, March 18, 2005 - 11:51 AMi can't help but giggle when i read this term... sansculotte - sounds like without pants??? what's the origin? -
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Fri, March 18, 2005 - 1:27 PMIt DOES mean no pants. Actually it means "without underpants."
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Fri, March 18, 2005 - 6:57 PMProbably from the same people that decided that "going commando" meant without undies as well.
In both cases, all they mean to me in every day usage is "laundry"
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Fri, April 15, 2005 - 2:02 PMThat's pretty much what it means - without Shorts, actually:
At the time of the French Revolution (1787-1799), knee breeches (culottes in French) were the height of fashion for aristocratic men. The men of the general populace could not afford such finery and instead wore the pantalon (long trousers). When the poorer classes rose up against the government, members of the Revolutionary army used this difference in dress to distinguish themselves from the aristocracy, calling themselves soldats sans culottes, literally, "soldiers without culottes." Almost immediately, sansculotte became a noun in both French and English.
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