Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11055863)

You know it's bad when even Marine Le Pen, that evil far right leader, disagrees with what just happened. All politicians and French people are very shocked at this.

One may dislike him or not agree with his policies but democracy cannot tolerate this violence. People can freely give their opinions in the streets, in the media, on social media and also whenever there is a vote.

I mean France is known for its protests and strikes but this is on another level of heinous behavior. Slapping him for what? It's dumb and pointless.
From what I can read right now in different places (Twitter being one of them, I know I shouldn't read it...), our French leaders say "You can't attack physically a politician, epsecially the President". It goes beyong everything democracy stands for.

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11055863)

You know it's bad when even Marine Le Pen, that evil far right leader, disagrees with what just happened. All politics and French people are very shocked at this.

One may dislike him or not agree with his policies but democracy cannot tolerate this violence. People can freely give their opinions in the streets, in the media, on social media and also whenever there is a vote.

I mean France is known for its protests and strikes but this is on another level of heinous behavior. Slapping him for what? It's dumb and pointless.
I know in the UK you don't have the same "relationship" with your Prime Ministers but in France we have a strong tradition for Presidents and a specific level of respect for them (well, we beheaded a King but you get the point). From what I can read right now in different places (Twitter being one of them, I know I shouldn't read it...), our French leaders say "You can't attack physically a politician, epsecially the President". It goes beyong everything democracy stands for.

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11055866)

Our politicians tend to fight back..

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11055868)

…I was waiting to hear your take on this because it is pretty terrifying as well and just such an intolerable thing to happen….it’s how vulnerable Macron was that this could have happened to him and obviously could have been something quite horrendous in terms of injury if there was other intent there….

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11055874)

…so long as we have Twitter/social media…no one will ever have to have accountability for anything….them’s the rules, baby….

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11055825)

…wow, I’m glad that he’s ok…two people apparently have been arrested…if someone was close enough to have physical contact to slap him, it obviously could have been much worse so good that it wasn’t…we’ll see what Remy, our guy in France has to say….

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11055877)

Currently in France, there is a highly-publicized trial of 13 people accused of cyberbullying a teenage girl on social media. This story went wild in the country and the verdict is very much expected because it could really show that some people are held accountable for their actions on social media.
And it's about time.

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11055879)

Its just a Slap
he moved back

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11055977)

…I’m just reading up about this now, it does seem quite reported over here as well in many media because I wasn’t sure if most of the reporting would have been in French to be translated but that’s not the case…it feels like it’s quite a complicated case, I’ll read what I can about it and follow it now that I’m aware of it…thank you for that, Remy…:love:….

Originally Posted by UserSince2005 (Post 11055884)

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 11055986)

Complicated case indeed and freedom of speech is the focus point of this case. She can't go back to school anymore. Insane.

Anyway, everybody in France right now is praying Macron isn't upset enough to delay the measures for the ease of lockdown supposed to start tomorrow :laugh: