French political discussion megathread: Yellow Vest Redux

[oldtimer]

Starting to wonder if Macron will still be alive this time next year.

France has a long history of murdering (or attempting to murder) leaders whom the public strongly dislikes.

It's not a revolution until the Presidential Palace has been stormed and a provisional government has formed.

[oldtimer]

Starting to wonder if Macron will still be alive this time next year.

France has a long history of murdering (or attempting to murder) leaders whom the public strongly dislikes.

If De Gaulle survived May 68 Macaron will survive this.

DeGaulle had fled to West Germany at that time and contempated forming a government in exile.
But the French Communist Party was against a revolution as DeGaulle was anti-american, so the riots where crushed before it became a revolution.

[oldtimer]

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230329-french-woman-faces-trial-for-insulting-macron-on-facebook

A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. The woman risks a fine of 12,000 euros but not prison if convicted at the trial due to be held in June

Wtf . How does macron make me of all people feel a bit of sympathy to these entitled idiots.

Don’t understand your point. This is not America and the lady had no right to insult the President. In Germany, she would be given a penalty as well.

just proves Germany and France both suck, every citizen in a democracy should have the right to insult their HoS, PM and cabinet members. She may not have had a legal right to insult Macron, but she certainly had a moral right to do so.

That is correct.

This is the negative side of policing speech, and why the American Constitution despite it's problems is still far superior to anything else.