No thread about French riots?
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steve_bank
Diabetic retinopathy and poor eyesight. Typos ...
You might say we are becoming like the French have always been. Thanks to t Trump and inflation from tariffs and the Iran war.
Perpetual protests in the streets.
France has always had trouble funding its large scale social programs.
National labor strikes. There were several Muslim riots.
Raisig retirement age.
This has been in the news periodically.
scholaty.com
Perpetual protests in the streets.
France has always had trouble funding its large scale social programs.
National labor strikes. There were several Muslim riots.
Raisig retirement age.
This has been in the news periodically.
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TSwizzle
I am unburdened by what has been.
lol, an accusation from an ignorant Aussie, the irony is delicious.
steve_bank
Diabetic retinopathy and poor eyesight. Typos ...
I believe it is an old saying.
'In France the government is afraid of the people, in America people are afraid of the government".
Another nothing burger from TSwizzle.
'In France the government is afraid of the people, in America people are afraid of the government".
Another nothing burger from TSwizzle.
WAB
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I didn't think Australians understood subtlety?
barbos
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Buillshit! it's Putin. Ursulla said so! More billions to Elensky!
Derec
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I wonder what our resident feminists think about this.
Don2 (Don1 Revised)
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Macron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near Paris
Gunman opens fire from car in Trappes and La Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl
Derec
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He has been much more muted in his condemnation of the riots that are wrecking the country, which had many participants by people with a "migration background". For example, these looters.Macron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near Paris
Gunman opens fire from car in Trappes and La Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girlwww.theguardian.com
The Malian Muslim mayor of the rapidly islamicizing Saint Denis has also defended the rioters.
Bally Bagayoko said:
Derec
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Many of the participants have been Muslim mass migrants. There were also many Palestinian and other Arab flags being waved during the riots.
Derec
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It may not be old as some other extant buildings, but it's still pretty old.
And your objection does not make this politically motivated arson any better.
Derec
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Just because it's an old saying does not mean it's accurate. In France, they even prosecute people for politically incorrect speech. Even Brigitte Bardot fell victim to this kind of government overreach:
Former Screen Siren Bardot Convicted In Race Case
CBS calls it "race case" even though, of course, "Muslim" is not a race.
"Government afraid of people" my ass! At least we have some semblance of freedom of speech over here.
Derec
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What do they have to do with riots in France?
laughing dog
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You know this because …..? And how many is “many”?
Derec
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laughing dog
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And your eyes can distinguish between French citizens born in France, French citizens born elsewhere, and immigrants because….?
Thank you for the pedantic and evasive reply.Derec said:
Derec
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Not citizenship or birthplace per se, but Arabs/Maghrebian and subsaharan Africans look decidedly different than ethnically French people.
Note also the use of Arabic words like "bismillah".
Not evasive. Just explaining what the word means.
laughing dog
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“Ethnically French people”?
Which didn’t answer my question of how many is “many”?Derec said: