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Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
"Idiot" implies that they're not doing it on purpose

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Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
The people trying to do that night protest are clashing with the cops, I hear. Also lol:

https://twitter.com/USEmbassyFrance/status/1089244561241792513?s=19

:siren: Demonstration Alert :siren:

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Boatswain posted:

What the gently caress is going on with the foulards rouges? They sound like a spectre conjured by the media.

It's the usual right-wingers "apolitical citizens" complaining about the disruption. In their own words:

quote:

"People are tired of the roadblocks. They are bad for business, and children are prevented from getting to school on time," red scarves spokesman Alex Brun told French broadcaster RFI.

Think of the businesses! Think of the children!

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Sassy Sasquatch posted:

France Insoumise put a « Motion de censure » on the floor recently which wasn’t followed (even by the rest of the opposition). Since Macron has a supermajority in the house it was mostly a symbolic gesture to force everyone to actually own their support to the current government with no chance of any actual consequences.

These votes of no confidence are only for the prime minister and the cabinet, anyway. The president is essentially untouchable.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Oh no, he's wielding the power alright. Low approval rating or not, he's still got an ironclad majority in parliament. Barring much bigger protests in the near future, he's doing whatever the hell he wants.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Wanna paradrop a Fenwick on the Bercy helipad (dear DGSI: this is a joke)

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

macron is currently sending cops with warrants to intimidate the journalists who revealed the latest benalla story

ah freedom of the press

Fake news!

It's actually the prime minister who sent those cops:

https://twitter.com/edwyplenel/status/1093096975040462848?s=19

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

i don't know much i trust polls three years before an election, but macron would definitely need the lefts vote to win in that scenario, which is lol

That's almost certainly his plan for the next election. "It's me or the fash, deal with it ;) "

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Manuel Valls update : yup, still a giant rear end in a top hat

https://twitter.com/LEXPRESS/status/1093906297370615808?s=19

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

French interior minister in a classroom on a children tv show explaining to children where police are allowed to shoot "non lethal" rounds at protesters
https://twitter.com/PureTele/status/1098652421633511425?s=19

Shooting people in the face: understandable, everyone makes mistakes sometimes

Drawing "Macron demission" graffitis : hop hop hop perquisition à 5h du mat et en garde à vue les petits cons

https://twitter.com/Joss_Sonc/status/1098696036162375691?s=19

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

https://twitter.com/Decathlon/status/1100407135949643776?s=19

Sport equipment amd clothing chain gets threats and hate mail because they sell sport hijabs

And Politicians have Opinions about why sport hijabs are Not Are Values, one macron mp (aurore bergé) even said she wont shop there anymore

In other wofxs, yikes my country is racist

https://twitter.com/W_Chloe/status/1100444584923066372

It's cool how companies are changing business plans overnight because of the fash and "sensible moderates" jumping on their bandwagon, isn't it? You can already tell who will be collaborating with a fascist regime in the future.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
They were always going to fold once things moved to hate mail and threats of violence.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Six fontaines lumineuses en cristal et bronze de 13 mètres de haut seront inaugurées le 21 mars sur le Rond-point des Champs-Elysées à Paris

Une idée courageuse dans le climat actuel.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Two French artists are set to install six 13-metre (42-foot) rotating fountains made of crystal and bronze on the Champs-Elysees, adding a new attraction to the famed French avenue.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/franceinfo/status/1103777447655419905?s=19

Jupiter has spoken: no more talk of police violence.

After all, they haven't killed any protesters (he really said this).

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Prav posted:

so america's gonna invade now right

A country with a pro-business leader going fash? Why would they do that?

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Xelkelvos posted:

Do those orgs have any plans to do anything if it continues or will they continue to wag their finger?

What does your heart tell you?

Kurtofan posted:

https://twitter.com/Sam_Arrive_Pas/status/1103720020872491008

lol pro-macron journalists talking about how the UN denouncing France's police brutality means there's a conspiracy between Melenchon and the UN to attack France

It's cool how we can start to see the shape of the future propaganda when/if the country goes full fash.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
The Algerians should really be pushing for regime change tbh

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
I said regime change, not turning the country into a giant gold course.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Stay safe

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Sorry, I meant to say "Hope you don't get hurt"

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

Overheard Macron saying they're trying to kill the republic and everyone present was guilty.

He's really mad that he had to stop skiing.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/le_Parisien/status/1107387985811652610?s=19

lol oh yeah, the gilets jaunes wouldn't dare break the law

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

https://twitter.com/sociodeter/status/1107695781950251009?s=19

French journalists : France has been under an anarchist-fascist coup for the last 4 months (talking about the gilets jaunes)

The guy is basically a straw man so Macron can go "Demonstrations are legally protected but what happened last weekend was a riot so a ban is justified"

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Samovar posted:

Who said that?!

Macron (who else?).

Welcome to ~la pensée complexe~

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/sudouest/status/1108038483946418176?s=19

Centrism is thinking that's anything but a badge of honor.

... Oh dear, I do think this is an illegal post :ohdear:

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
I'm so loving glad we didn't elect the fascist

Edit: make this the first post on every new page

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

ssera posted:

I suspect the military is going to take up the static positions (like the police were last weekend) which will then free up the police forces to go all Braveheart on the protestors.

They're saying as much:

quote:

Cette initiative permettra aux forces de l'ordre de se concentrer sur les mouvements, sur le maintien et le rétablissement de l'ordre, a justifié Benjamin Griveaux.

"Le maintien et le rétablissement de l'ordre" is code for cracking skulls.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Didn't see that get posted:



:getin:

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Yup. Admittedly, this includes people for whom "revolution" means "setting up a white ethnostate".

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Sassy Sasquatch posted:

and they’re prepping Castaner to fall.

Mostly because he snogged some woman in a nightclub instead of planning how to crack skulls 24/7, from what I've seen

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/franceinfo/status/1109011508137201665?s=19

"If their lives or those of the people they protect are threatened", soldiers could "go as far as opening fire"

Edit: This is the military governor of Paris btw, not some random commentator

Kassad has issued a correction as of 10:59 on Mar 22, 2019

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Goon Danton posted:

Is this a standing thing? Paris having military overseers? Your country is hosed up, y'all should do something about that. Have you considered a protest?

Yeah, the country's divided into a dozen or so military districts and that's the guy in charge of the one covering Paris and Île-de-France.

If you want to be really horrified, go read about préfets or when Paris first got a mayor.

Kassad has issued a correction as of 12:10 on Mar 22, 2019

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
The system makes a lot of sense when you realize that it's all meant to keep down the unruly mob.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Goon Danton posted:

Yeah it makes sense your politicians would have imaginary communards and sans cullottes living in their heads the same way ours have an imaginary suburban white family called the Baileys living in theirs.

The current republic was literally set up by a dude who was nicknamed "The General" and was "invited" to take power after an attempted military coup d'état (to defend the continued colonization of Algeria), so the authoritarian streak is really not surprising. They don't really talk about that episode in history or civics classes, funnily enough.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
https://twitter.com/Sam_Boivin/status/1109150335065563136?s=19

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

It's going to stay closed a few months.

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Good luck everyone

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Kurtofan posted:

"she put herself in danger by being into a restricted area"

i guess the cops are robots who cant help but shoot at peaceful old ladies

We knew that from the other old lady who took a tear gas grenade to the face in Marseille a few months ago.

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Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Jose posted:

Wasn't she inside her house when this happened?

Yeah, she was closing her window shutters. She died in the hospital while she was being operated on.

The "best" part is the local state prosecutor later pointing out that it wasn't the grenade that killed her. Because clearly her being in the hospital was totally unconnected.

Edit: TBH it's not a surprise that the police can kill with impunity. They've been doing it in the banlieues for decades.

Kassad has issued a correction as of 09:02 on Mar 25, 2019

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