What a glorious day in French history!
On July 14, 1789, Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs.
Fast forward to January 6, 2021 when a different type of insurrection took place in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill. The difference being these revolutionaries were made up not of freedom seeking heroes but an unholy mix of racists, white supremacists and ignorant sheep believing a big lie told by the sitting president, a sociopathic narcissist unable to grasp reality. Unlike the French freedom fighters at the Bastille, this man sought to undermine democracy and seat himself as dictator.
Fortunately our bastille, aka Leavenworth Penitentiary, is still in full operation, currently housing 1503 residents. But, to quote the nurse stationed in the morgue in episode 53 of the original Twilight Zone; “Room for one more, Honey!”