The New Jacobins: Guillotines Return as Form of Political Expression - JONATHAN TURLEY

From protests against Trump to those against Israel, the symbol of the Terror is being rolled out as a warning to those with opposing views: “We got the guillotine, you better run.”

It is the ultimate expression of an age of rage...

• However, it is part of what I have called “rage rhetoric,” and it is meant to inflame others. 
• It suggests that the only solution to these issues is what the French called “the razor of the Republic.”...

As my new book discusses, most revolutions are driven by establishment figures who seek to capitalize on the wave of popular rage to gain power. 

We are seeing that today with many Democratic leaders using rage rhetoric to appeal to the far extremes of their political bases...