The article paints Marquis as a kooky revolutionary who , "only beat a housemaid", with no other crimes, no non-consensual activities, and with a life plagued by random imprisoning. The talk page is even more wild in it's dismissals.
Their talk page implies virtually everyone who accused him, from beggars, to prostitutes, were just unenlightened liars until proven otherwise. And that convictions never happened until proven otherwise. (Almost all comprehensive books on Marquis address his abuse, bribes to get out scot-free, and subsequent convictions, they're playing dumb)
The insinuation in main that Marquis was a misunderstood innocent, unfairly treated by the legal system every time, comes partially from a fringe anarchy propaganda book, which describes marquis as a "bold thinker". Its the same citation used in the main article about Marquis and the law.Your factual assertions here aren’t verified. That first source is not a good source at all to use. Where does that book say he intentionally slipped prostitutes Spanish Fly to make them ill? I don’t see it in the link you provided. You need to have particular page numbers and quotes for verification purposes. Pn[...](talk) 05:06, 10 June 2021 (UTC).
He was repeatedly accused and more than once convicted of sexual assault or abuse against others. So yes, there is evidence of this. Mc[....] (talk) 17:35, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
[Your source is bad], therefore we *cannot* investigate the empirical veracity of these claims. Pn[...] (talk) 03:32, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library ... impossible
Lets see what reliable sources have to say
Hmm... desperate attempts to plead insanity, bribes to the relevant prostitutes he poisoned, aided by friends
Schaeffer, N. (2000). The Marquis de Sade: A Life. United Kingdom: Harvard University Press.
"Count Marquis de Sade attempted to exploit Spanish fly's effects by poisoning the young women of a brothel, who in their "sexual ecstasy" threw themselves from windows to their deaths. "
Karras, D. J., Farrell, S. E., Harrigan, R. A., Henretig, F. M., & Gealt, L. (1996). Poisoning from “Spanish fly” (cantharidin). The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14(5), 478–483. doi:10.1016/s0735-6757(96)90158-8
"During his lifetime, Sade was found guilty of rape, torturing the 36-year-old beggar woman Rose Keller, imprisoning six children in his chateau at Lacoste, and poisoning five prostitutes with the aphrodisiac “Spanish fly”."
https://theconversation.com/marquis-de- ... y%E2%80%9D.
I guess if Rose was given hush money, Marquis was innocent to Wikipedia editors, Amblet even took her out of poverty! Beggars and their false accusations smh /sarcasm
Gorer, G. (2013). The Life and Ideas of the Marquis de Sade. United Kingdom: Read Books Limited.
" He kidnapped women from brothels, whether they were prostitutes or not, to imprison, drug, and rape them. He was so out of control in his early twenties that French police actually had to warn brothels about allowing women to leave with Sade."
https://historydaily.org/marquis-de-sad ... ies-trivia
" Sade claims that in order to be happy and free we must do evil things."
Airaksinen, T. (2002). The Philosophy of the Marquis de Sade. (n.p.): Taylor & Francis.
Marquis didn't even think rape was bad, and argued it "has to be done".
Bloch, I. (2011). De Sade: Life And Works. United States: Elektron Ebooks.
"[Marquis was a] bold thinker" --Peter H. Marshall, Why is Wikipedia citing Peter lol.