1/ #QuébecHistoryExplained to my Anglo friends. In this thread, I will summarize the message behind a few classical Québécois songs. (Some won't agree.)
🎵Nous aurons - Desjardins
Kill the millionaires, burn all the money
🎵 Le petit roi - Ferland
Kill your inner king
3/...French Canadians that they created two frightening legends from those two separate executions that happened in 1761 and 1763. In both, the condemned is said to have come back as a decaying ghost, carrying an iron cage with them.
#LaCorriveau #PenduDeLileJésus #QuébecHistoryExplained
5/...who challenged both religious and economic norms, rather than the saint and the obedient. I don't think they are unique in this aspect, rebels and antiheroes being the main characters of some of the most amazing stories all around the world. #QuébecHistoryExplained
The most popular Catholic priest in the Québec's 2000s (by far) was out as gay and an ex-sex worker. Even though he was not explicitly pro-abortion, he made the anti-abortion movement his worst enemy by publicly defending Dr. Morgentaler. He died in 2014.
#RaymondGravel #QuébecHistoryExplained
