5 Great Examples of Legitimate Political Discourse From History
I woke up this week to realize I was an idiot. While that may not come as a surprise to my readers, friends, parents, and humanity, I was shocked nonetheless.
It turns out the phrase “legitimate political discourse” had an entirely different meaning!
I could not stand for this assault against my intelligence, so I spent the next 2348 seconds researching other cases of legitimate political discourse throughout history and wanted to share them here.
#1. The Discussion of Waterloo
The discussion of Waterloo was the final decisive debate between Napolean Bonaparte and his opponents. This feverish argument ended up in the giant-handed Napoleon losing, and he fully agreed to abdicate his throne four days later upon realizing the previous election was likely fraudulent. This light-hearted conversation led to the ending of the First French Empire and to decades of relative peace known as the Pax Britannica.
