Tea at Trianon: Stolen Innocence: Exposing the Horror of Human Trafficking in the U.S.

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Stolen Innocence: Exposing the Horror of Human Trafficking in the U.S.

From Sara Carter:

Human trafficking happening in the area where you live but you may not even notice it. In fact, it’s happening everywhere in this country. Today, Sara takes an intense look at the growing scourge of human trafficking and how so many women, boys, and girls are sexually exploited or forced into labor (or both) right here in the United States.
Sara shares the story of a recent human trafficking victim who was taken from an NBA game in Dallas a few weeks ago, but it goes much deeper. She also shares the horrific statistics on trafficking from the United Nations, the shocking prominence of women in luring children and other women into captivity, and why it is vital for parents to keep an eye on what their kids are doing online and on their phones. Sara also takes aim at the mainstream media for basically burying the shocking story of a man attempting to murder a Supreme Court justice. (Read more.)