Memes @lemmy.ml BonesOfTheMoon @lemmy.world 2 wk. ago

Gunpowder and plot.

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You guys know what Guy Fawkes was trying to make happen, right? RIGHT?!
- Heroes aren't always good people. Their reasons are lost to time to the average person, but the message is remembered. The actions supersede the reason.
  
  Guy Fawkes is not remembered as a person, he's remembered as a figure.
  
  Not calling this a good thing.
  
  He’s remembered as a figure who wanted to kill all of Parliament and return the nation to an absolute monarchy.
  
  Also, is this meme about Guy Fawkes or is it about V?
  
  Who is Guy Fawkes?…
- Guy Fawkes is the idea, V is in the image, different ideals
  
  Yep, V had no trace of Fawkes' pro-Catholic motivations.
- Big fireworks show!
  
  I mean immediately sure but in reality he was just an early al-qaeda prototype trying to spread his religion by blowing people up
- He wanted to kill King James. Regicide is always based.
- every folk hero, just as, for instance, any of the national myths, are mostly entirely made up, and as more time passes, the less historical truth remains. This, simply speaking, is folklore, that has nothing to do with actual history, its more about communicating ideas and ideologies, that you imply with the story you're making up, tying it up to real historical characters is just a way of cheap advertisement. I believe, we must not ever forget that, as we are destined to have lots of useless fights otherwise.
  
  Between Anonymous, Occupy, and proud boys all using the same mask, the only shared symbolism for the Guy Fawkes mask is really "resistance" of some kind. Which is so broad, it's hard to call it a symbol at all.
- You guys know what V was trying to make happen, right? RIGHT?!
- A cursory check that I'm too busy to give my full attention indicates that, maybe(?) the motive of the Gunpowder Treason was to improve religious freedom?
I remeber
- I rember 🤠
  
  Rember 💯🦆
Is this what the cops are saying he changed his clothes into now?

They ought to start calling him the clean assassin with how frequently he changes clothes.
"Hello? Based department? I found you a new recruit."
"I know of no reason why CEO open season should ever be forgot."
Pepperidge farm remembers
stop larping
Guys we gotta problem looks like bro has been caught. We gotta find a way to free him!
Can someone share the origin of this meme? (The hooded smiling man) I can't find anything on Know Your Meme and it's everywhere.
- That's the dude who shot the United Healthcare CEO
  
  Doesn't look like the same guy to me.
  
  Thanks, but weird that we are making memes about a criminal.
- Look up Guy Fawkes. I don't remember all the details but I think he was some French guy who got executed for something.
  
  Unless you're talking about that specific person wearing that outfit in which case he's from the movie V for Vendetta with Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.
  
  Edit: I don't know how to read.
  
  British, he hosted a failed terrorist attack against the monarch.

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