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« on: March 09, 2015, 05:18:08 PM »
Too many names to list, so I'll opt out of doing a poll. Who are your favorite French reactionaries?

François-René de Chateaubriand for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2015, 05:29:23 PM »
Does Napoleon I count or no?
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2015, 05:30:07 PM »
Well, Châteaubriand is partly redeemed for its literary stature, especially as it inspired a young Victor Hugo. Still, all reactionaries are vile.
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2015, 09:42:57 PM »
Balzac?
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2015, 12:25:10 AM »

I was considering submitting Beaumarchais, who was outside the bounds of proper Old Regime conduct but nonetheless found himself one of the emigres during the Revolution. Balzac's probably a better choice.
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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2015, 05:55:32 PM »
A dead one.
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2015, 06:37:15 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on March 09, 2015, 05:30:07 PM
Well, Châteaubriand is partly redeemed for its literary stature, especially as it inspired a young Victor Hugo. Still, all reactionaries are vile.

Since reactionary, like radical, is a term relative to its time and place, does this mean that anyone opposing the current order (regardless of how despicable that current order is) in favor of a past one is vile?
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2015, 07:16:34 PM »
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