haha omg didnt robespierre like organised the reign of terror why do u mourn him was he a good guy?
The world isn’t split into good and evil. Robespierre was involved with the reign of terror as a member of the Committee of Public Safety, but there were eleven other members as well: he did not have sole control. Robespierre fought for abolition, women’s rights, greater suffrage, eliminating the death penalty (before the Revolution, desperate times call for desperate measures and I think having France’s inexperienced and under-supplied armies in war against ALL of Europe does count as desperate), among other positive things. He wasn’t great, but he wasn’t evil. Most of his reputation as ‘evil dictator’ comes from a smear campaign after his execution so his enemies could shift their guilt onto him. (Sorry for the delayed response, I’ve been travelling without wifi for two days).
















