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0 pointsPxtl6mo ago0 comments

I don't mean it's misleading in that people are wondering "which revolution?". Everybody knows the French Revolution means the one involving The Terror and the death of Louis XVI.

I mean that it implies France didn't have several other revolutions.

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ratelimitsteve6mo ago

if the phrasing leads everyone to the correct understanding then it's not misleading. it's leading. it's reductive, but it's not misleading.

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ratelimitsteve6mo ago

if the phrasing leads everyone to the correct understanding then it's not misleading. it's leading. it's reductive, but it's not misleading.

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