France General Discussion II: Living under Marxism

[Antonio the Sixth]

Mr. Swiss Bank Accounts (Cahuzac) is thinking about running in the by-election in his old seat.

http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2013/05/07/le-ps-designe-son-candidat-dans-le-lot-et-garonne-pour-succeder-a-cahuzac_3172081_823448.html

"Aucune décision prise. Certains parlent pour moi sans mandat pour cela. Et je constate une forme d'attente ou d'espérance chez certains". This guy is really the epitome of arrogance and the stereotype of the slimy politician who should be run over by a truck.

What a pathetic excuse of a human being.

[RogueBeaver]

The narcissism and delusion sound much worse in French. I can easily imagine the tone.

[RogueBeaver]

More bad polling news for Flanby.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2013/05/12/01002-20130512ARTFIG00133-pour-73-des-francais-le-changement-se-fait-toujours-attendre.php

[RogueBeaver]

Recession: GDP contracted by 0.2%.

[windjammer]

It's not a surprise... A bad period for Hollande...

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah, no surprise here.

Though it's ridiculous how French governments, left and right, keep making outlandish growth predictions. They expected over 1%...

[Hash]

ConCon validates the entire gay marriage law:
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/le-conseil-constitutionnel-valide-le-mariage-pour-tous_326516.html#xtor=EPR-51-%5Balerteinfo%5D-20130517-%5Bbouton%5D-%5Bfacebook

[windjammer]

ConCon validates the entire gay marriage law:
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/le-conseil-constitutionnel-valide-le-mariage-pour-tous_326516.html#xtor=EPR-51-%5Balerteinfo%5D-20130517-%5Bbouton%5D-%5Bfacebook

Great news! I hope "le conseil constitutionnel" will invalidate Sarkozy's campaign!

[MaxQue]

ConCon validates the entire gay marriage law:
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/le-conseil-constitutionnel-valide-le-mariage-pour-tous_326516.html#xtor=EPR-51-%5Balerteinfo%5D-20130517-%5Bbouton%5D-%5Bfacebook

Great news! I hope "le conseil constitutionnel" will invalidate Sarkozy's campaign!

That answers the question some here were wondering. Not on right, then.

[RogueBeaver]

There's a linguistic battle going on in the universities, specifically allowing more English courses for foreign student purposes.

[Antonio the Sixth]

ConCon validates the entire gay marriage law:
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/le-conseil-constitutionnel-valide-le-mariage-pour-tous_326516.html#xtor=EPR-51-%5Balerteinfo%5D-20130517-%5Bbouton%5D-%5Bfacebook

...and now Hollande signed it into law!

[afleitch]

An elderly anti-gay activist appears to have shot himself in the head at Notre Dame. His last blog entry seemed to hold out hope that the 'Islamists' would repeal the law when they were 'in power.'

[You kip if you want to...]

An elderly anti-gay activist appears to have shot himself in the head at Notre Dame. His last blog entry seemed to hold out hope that the 'Islamists' would repeal the law when they were 'in power.'

Oh my.

[Leftbehind]

It's difficult to understand someone becoming so desperate over an issue that barely effects his life.

[Hash]

Ultramontane Catholic militants (the bulk of elderly anti-gay 'activists') in France are a really tiny minority but they're really an insane group of nutcases and weirdos. It's always great when some journalists go out and interview them about the random nonsense they're sprouting or mocking their style. You wouldn't imagine the kind of sh**t they say (even in front of cameras), it's even more insane than the sh**t FN members say. These ultramontane Catholics always look, act and talk as if they've been living under a rock since 1750 or something.

[Benj]

Ultramontane Catholic militants (the bulk of elderly anti-gay 'activists') in France are a really tiny minority but they're really an insane group of nutcases and weirdos. It's always great when some journalists go out and interview them about the random nonsense they're sprouting or mocking their style. You wouldn't imagine the kind of sh**t they say (even in front of cameras), it's even more insane than the sh**t FN members say. These ultramontane Catholics always look, act and talk as if they've been living under a rock since 1750 or something.

Yeah, he comes across as a nutjob on everything. Hated the gays, the Muslims, the Jews, the Protestants, the non-whites, the non-French (but loved Hitler), Charles de Gaulle... etc.

[Leftbehind]

Was the man in question one of those Catholics (I could easily believe it if it weren't for the 'sinful' suicide)?

[Hash]

Was the man in question one of those Catholics (I could easily believe it if it weren't for the 'sinful' suicide)?

I was wrong, this guy wasn't one of those ultramontane Catholics from the 1750s but actually a far-right (fascist variety) ideologue who was apparently a pretty famous name in fascist/far-right circles for his work in the past. He is a former OAS, and he apparently was into the idea of "political sacrifice" (suicide). He seems to have been a 'nationalist revolutionary', the faction of the French far-right closer to actual neo-fascism with a knack for weird sh**t (neo-Paganism etc) but also the usual stuff (French Algeria, hating the browns). These guys were never dominant in the FN; they were dominant in organizations like Ordre nouveau, GUD or GRECE and split from the FN in 1973 to form the PFN.

ETA: Panzergirl tweeted her sympathies with the dude and said that his last 'highly political gesture' was trying to 'awaken' the people of France. Good to know that she still sympathizes with neo-fascist lunatics despite the bullsh**t appearances. But it is kind of weird for her to express so much support, despite being full of sh**t when it comes to the "de-diabolisation" BS, Panzergirl has never really cared much (or gotten along particularly well) with the more fascistic groupings of the far-right (that's more Gollnisch's bunch, or with the various anti-Panzergirl clownish dissidents like Carl Lang). I'm not sure why she expressed sympathies and support for this random lunatic, when she should know better than associating with the cranks.

[Antonio the Sixth]

ROFL

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

ROFL

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[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yeah, he comes across as a nutjob on everything. Hated the gays, the Muslims, the Jews, the Protestants, the non-whites, the non-French (but loved Hitler), Charles de Gaulle... etc.

It's nice to know that he was prepared to make the occasional deserving exception.

[politicus]

Big anti-gay marriage demos in Paris. A lot of the family value crowd is bringing their kids despite being urged not to by the government. Massive police presence.

Any of you watching?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Big anti-gay marriage demos in Paris. A lot of the family value crowd is bringing their kids despite being urged not to by the government. Massive police presence.

Any of you watching?

Is the French government expecting a problem?

[Hash]

Any of you watching?

Why would I have any interest in watching a bunch of neo-fascists and bigoted homophobes stage some utterly retarded and reactionary bitchfest?

Besides, nobody in France actually cares about them anymore and almost everybody finds the whole thing to be silly at best, retarded and reactionary at worst. Some people will really need to move on and find new scapegoats for their bigotry. After all, they'll always have Muslims and browns to pick on.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Attention whoring: on my way from the airport to home, I was stuck in the traffic jam caused by these f**king demonstrations. Just when I though I couldn't despise these reactionary dickheads more...