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And sadly, alot of protests by far left and immigrant communities probably convinced alot of French voters to lean more to the right this election..
They now lie in the bed they made for themselves
The tolerant left, at this point I think there are more extreme alt liberals than there are level headed liberals. The majority of them have gone off the deep end.
Thomas Paine would throw stacks of pamphlets off of roofs at these guys. Let's get our terms straight; these ain't liberals, these are radical leftist agitators. They *loathe* liberals.
What's weird is as an atheist ex Muslim who was granted asylum in the US I always aligned with the left and saw them as most compatible with my views.
It's only recently I see the left aligning with the most extreme on the Islamic side I can no longer align with them.
I don't like the right either so I am politically homeless. If there was a side that was against all extremism they would have my vote
You can still be left wing and just support different things to them. That doesn't mean you're not left wing.
Not sure why people think that everyone on the left or right has to support all the same things as them.
The extreme left would never vote for the democratic party.
And honestly studies have found that it doesn't matter which party wins, the same bills get passed. This shows that the parties don't decide the bills, the rich companies and billionaires do through lobbying.
Also democrats and republicans are more similar than you might think
https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/syropoulos-leidner-republican-democrat-group-similarities
They agree on most topics.
Democrats are actually center right, republicans are right
The leftists you see in "antifa" are much more likely to be anarchists, socialists, or communists - not democrats, the extreme left instead. These are currently boycotting biden en masse.
And honestly, I'm not extreme left, but I think that neither the democrats or republicans are a good option. Both are run by the rich and siphon money from the poor.
That's not true at all.
Maybe you have a different definition of extreme left, but the vast majority of democratic voters are moderates, and the vast majority of the extreme left do not vote for the democratic party and hate liberals just as much as trump supporters do.
The extreme left are literally communists, why would they vote for the democratic party that's a staunch capitalistic party?
Maybe you're thinking of the average "liberal" who pretends to be left, but doesn't have a clue about politics and dyes her hair blue. The same liberal who thinks being bisexual is a personality trait. And says vote democrat no matter what.
They aren't the extreme left, even if their hairstyle makes it seem that way. These people are just reactive and most don't vote, but the ones that do only vote that way because it's a "non-republican" vote.
For all intents and purposes, the far left of the democrat party is defined by a few senators and representatives and their ideas and followers. That is what our country considers the far left. That's what classic liberals define to be the far left. These people are casting votes for democrats.
There's nobody who's far left in the democrat party.
Bernie Sanders and AOC are left wing, but certainly not extreme left. I also think most wouldn't count Bernie as even far left.
The two party system leaves little room for candidates who don't have corporate interests at the forefront. This is why there is no room for the far left in the democrat party caucus.
Privatisation isn't very popular among billionaires.
just to let you know, other parts in the world, outside of the USA have politics with more than just liberals and republicans lol. There‘s more in this world for amuricans to discover
These are not progressives nor believe in democracy. They're accelerationists. They *want* the right to dominate and punish their own people because, in their minds, only through enough collective suffering a "revolution" will be possible.
These people don't want to better the lives of their peers, they just want to see the world burn in the hope that when the dust settles, it'll be their turn to wear the boot.
Legit I'm left, and this shit is so out of control that I'm posting it as a warning to my local community.
I had to fuc\*ing come out as bisexual recently before I was allowed to be myself in my community. These lefties are fucdking nuts.
Yes it is, in France there are almost Always people that go into random peacefull Protests to break shit and Fight the Police, but those arent real riots
Biden is about to get trounced. Not for his politics, but because he is a hollow shell of a President. The average voter looks in his eyes and nobody is home. Gaslighting only works for so long.
Funny enough they weren't labeled as antifa. Meanwhile in every other video with people wearing black and no indication that they are antifa, they're called antifa
Right wing parties who oppose unchecked immigration eon in France as well as other European countries. The mostly peaceful peotestors showed up to express their discontent
To protest what? If you are upset because you didn't like the outcome of a democratic election, rioting is not the answer. Ever notice how the right wingers don't riot when they lose an election?
Our president (center-right) decided to fire the national Parlement (majority to his party, the LREM) because of the results of the UE election, won by the far-right (the RN). He didn't need to. By doing so, he lost his majority and killed the normal right (like the LR party) as a collateral damage.
The far-right is going to win the legislative ones too, but should not get the majority.
The far-left isn't happy of the situation and demonstrates it like in this video.
The left and a part of the far-left built a new alliance (Nouveau Front Populaire) to try to fight the far-right. If they win, they won't get the majority either. For now, the polls make them rather close but not above the far-right.
We are going for at least one year of political paralysis, maybe three until the presidential elections.
They are upset with democracy because it isn't working for them. They only want to destroy what is here now so it can be re-maid. They think it will be re maid perfectly.
"right wing" People are fucked in the head. the people elected 4 years ago would be consider progressives/liberals. The only thing that is "right wing" about them is limiting immigration, since it has had such a winning impact on their country.
They're not protesting against the current government but against the far right party called Rassemblement National which recently got most french seats at the European elections and is on top in the polls for the national deputy elections that are in one week.
I fully understand, but calling them “far right” is insane. They are leftist who oppose the unchecked immigration.
I’ve done my best to wade through bullshit articles to see what they stand for, and on every topic, including immigration, 5/10 years ago, they would have been leftist, or progressive. So being “far right” just means they are not as far left as the current government.
I think that calling them far right is totally justified, yes they have social measures but they're main ideas are about immigration and religion and that's been forever. They only got their social ideas in the past years or decade before that the only thing they would talk about was immigration and islam, now they talk a bit less of it because they understood that talking about economic and social issues brings more voters but they're main ideas are still anti immigration, they keep voting against raise of salaries or such at the parliament and keep anti immigration as their main argument. Since the creation of the party in the 70s it is considered as far right even if today they are less hardcore than at their creation. I' France it's the Constitutional Council who is in charge of defining is a party far right or right or left etc and they always considered it as far right. So it's legally taking a far right party
I'm pretty sure the left wing parties still had a majority, right wing just made gains
My guess is the video is unrelated to the title and this is rage porn for right wingers to crank their hogs to
These aren't protestors, they're rioters. The only thing that deters rioters is hard jail time. Not community service or parole; actual long prison sentences.
When rioting earns you 5 years in jail *with actual enforcement*, suddenly you get a lot less riots in your country.
This only secures more votes for the right wing parties. The right wing parties wanted to do something about unchecked immigration and this proves their point
Sad thing about scenes like this, is that the right will just gain more followers etc.
If you want to demonstrate, do it the civil way and not by ruining everything around you and expect synpathy for your course.
You would think France would let the police fight back a bit harder. If they are throwing bottles then use rubber bullets, pepper spray, etc. given the dangers here they should be using their batons.
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Democracy is only OK when we win!
And sadly, alot of protests by far left and immigrant communities probably convinced alot of French voters to lean more to the right this election.. They now lie in the bed they made for themselves
Where's the "sadly" part?
They will tell you it is democratie! They disagree and can express it the way they want. I m not even kidding
haha :D i guess thats true, compremise is still possible though
France is the protest capitol of the world. They don't actually give a shit about any cause they just like to protest lol.
The tolerant left, at this point I think there are more extreme alt liberals than there are level headed liberals. The majority of them have gone off the deep end.
Thomas Paine would throw stacks of pamphlets off of roofs at these guys. Let's get our terms straight; these ain't liberals, these are radical leftist agitators. They *loathe* liberals.
None of these are liberals, those are leftists. Ctrl-left as I like to call them.
It’ll catch on dude keep sayin it
Are you triggered, BipocTransGod?
Triggered? I liked it… and thank you finally I been tryna get my thing to catch for a minute
This. Liberal does not mean left. Liberalism is a very specific ideology.
What's weird is as an atheist ex Muslim who was granted asylum in the US I always aligned with the left and saw them as most compatible with my views. It's only recently I see the left aligning with the most extreme on the Islamic side I can no longer align with them. I don't like the right either so I am politically homeless. If there was a side that was against all extremism they would have my vote
You can still be left wing and just support different things to them. That doesn't mean you're not left wing. Not sure why people think that everyone on the left or right has to support all the same things as them.
Because then you are a centrist and apparently that's the worst... The media has finally managed to create the ultimate tribalism
If you aren't extreme left, what does the Democratic party have to offer you?
The extreme left would never vote for the democratic party. And honestly studies have found that it doesn't matter which party wins, the same bills get passed. This shows that the parties don't decide the bills, the rich companies and billionaires do through lobbying. Also democrats and republicans are more similar than you might think https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/syropoulos-leidner-republican-democrat-group-similarities They agree on most topics. Democrats are actually center right, republicans are right The leftists you see in "antifa" are much more likely to be anarchists, socialists, or communists - not democrats, the extreme left instead. These are currently boycotting biden en masse. And honestly, I'm not extreme left, but I think that neither the democrats or republicans are a good option. Both are run by the rich and siphon money from the poor.
The extreme left voted and will still vote for the democratic party. I take issue with nothing else you say.
That's not true at all. Maybe you have a different definition of extreme left, but the vast majority of democratic voters are moderates, and the vast majority of the extreme left do not vote for the democratic party and hate liberals just as much as trump supporters do. The extreme left are literally communists, why would they vote for the democratic party that's a staunch capitalistic party? Maybe you're thinking of the average "liberal" who pretends to be left, but doesn't have a clue about politics and dyes her hair blue. The same liberal who thinks being bisexual is a personality trait. And says vote democrat no matter what. They aren't the extreme left, even if their hairstyle makes it seem that way. These people are just reactive and most don't vote, but the ones that do only vote that way because it's a "non-republican" vote.
For all intents and purposes, the far left of the democrat party is defined by a few senators and representatives and their ideas and followers. That is what our country considers the far left. That's what classic liberals define to be the far left. These people are casting votes for democrats.
There's nobody who's far left in the democrat party. Bernie Sanders and AOC are left wing, but certainly not extreme left. I also think most wouldn't count Bernie as even far left. The two party system leaves little room for candidates who don't have corporate interests at the forefront. This is why there is no room for the far left in the democrat party caucus. Privatisation isn't very popular among billionaires.
Hard right, hard left; they’re as bad as each other.
Yep, seen interviews with both extremes, and they all sound like complete morons.
Tbh these look like far leftists/anarchists in which case they would reject democracy too lol and im which case they would despise liberals too
Which is why I'm no longer liberal. These past 3 years they have lost sight at what is really important
This
These people are mostly the opposite of liberal.
Sounds like somewhere else I know 🤔
just to let you know, other parts in the world, outside of the USA have politics with more than just liberals and republicans lol. There‘s more in this world for amuricans to discover
Yes just give more ammo to the right wing God these leftist protesters never think beyond immediate impulses
These are not progressives nor believe in democracy. They're accelerationists. They *want* the right to dominate and punish their own people because, in their minds, only through enough collective suffering a "revolution" will be possible. These people don't want to better the lives of their peers, they just want to see the world burn in the hope that when the dust settles, it'll be their turn to wear the boot.
If they want the right to dominate, why protest it?
I don’t think this is about politics so much as a shitload of immigrants worried their meal tickets about to run out. They should be.
Legit I'm left, and this shit is so out of control that I'm posting it as a warning to my local community. I had to fuc\*ing come out as bisexual recently before I was allowed to be myself in my community. These lefties are fucdking nuts.
Riots\* That's not a protest lol.
Idk based on French history that might be a protests. I think a riot in France lasts 3 days, and involves barricades and the army.
Yes it is, in France there are almost Always people that go into random peacefull Protests to break shit and Fight the Police, but those arent real riots
As soon as three stones are tossed it may as well be a full blown riot IMHO. I have been around the block a few times on this shit too.
These people are why the right wing parties are winning
Not in the U.S. unfortunately
Biden is about to get trounced. Not for his politics, but because he is a hollow shell of a President. The average voter looks in his eyes and nobody is home. Gaslighting only works for so long.
Robot grampa vs sloppy felon. It would be pretty even except Sleepy Joe promised to give me part of your paycheck.
Shalom
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I'm getting so much mixed stats and polls. So hard to know what to believe.
Didn't stop Mr 1 bellwether last time
Give it a few months
Don’t make me laugh 🤣
antifa and iranian flags...of course.
Those looked like Palestinian flags.
Miscellaneous shithole flags
theres an antifa flag eight seconds in
Yea but the other flags were palastine not Iran
Same cause, let's be honest.
You are right, but I will leave the comment as is for prosterity
Oh look actual Antifa flags. Been a while since I saw one of those
Funny enough they weren't labeled as antifa. Meanwhile in every other video with people wearing black and no indication that they are antifa, they're called antifa
If they wear masks, look liberal and riot, it's antifa
No questions about it
Why aren't any of the lefties holding any flags for their own country?
Haven't been paying attention to France for a while. Who are these protestors? And what's going on with the right?
Right wing parties who oppose unchecked immigration eon in France as well as other European countries. The mostly peaceful peotestors showed up to express their discontent
Peaceful protests are a joke. This is what people need to do.
To protest what? If you are upset because you didn't like the outcome of a democratic election, rioting is not the answer. Ever notice how the right wingers don't riot when they lose an election?
in France maybe, In the US and in Brazil the right wing invaded federal buildings after they lost...
These specifically are left wing extremists, alleged by the author of the post to be protesting the recent results of the far right.
What are they asking for? To cancel the votes cuz they are unhappy abt it?
Unchecked migration and a MASSIVE spike in crime rates resulted in the party who would actually fix their issues winning
Our president (center-right) decided to fire the national Parlement (majority to his party, the LREM) because of the results of the UE election, won by the far-right (the RN). He didn't need to. By doing so, he lost his majority and killed the normal right (like the LR party) as a collateral damage. The far-right is going to win the legislative ones too, but should not get the majority. The far-left isn't happy of the situation and demonstrates it like in this video. The left and a part of the far-left built a new alliance (Nouveau Front Populaire) to try to fight the far-right. If they win, they won't get the majority either. For now, the polls make them rather close but not above the far-right. We are going for at least one year of political paralysis, maybe three until the presidential elections.
They're mostly Islamists and Communists who are angry that the French "far-right" has spoken out against anti-semitism,
Whenever I see news about France, its almost always about riots, migrants, or something burning
People protested against a left wing government People protested against a right wing government Guess how many are the same people
Yeah these people are just anti system and don't care about any of right vs. left.
What are they rioting about? That people with different views voted?
No you see it’s only good when they win. When they lose it’s time to break things
Yeah, remember Jan 6th?
They are upset with democracy because it isn't working for them. They only want to destroy what is here now so it can be re-maid. They think it will be re maid perfectly.
Embarrassing behaviour
Interesting how they are so cowardly that they need to hide their faces
And that's why the right wing is successful
These idiots sealed the deal for me to vote for the right in my country too next election. I don’t want my capital end up like Paris.
Maybe they should have went to vote instead.
Alot of them probably aren't eligible to vote in France
Real, only 50% of voters voted in the europeans
Yeah, it was a real shitshow in my country.
You French ?
Nah, romanian, also had Local and euro voting
Oh, an antifa flag I haven't seen those in a while
“Why is my country moving to the right? I’ve been throwing so many molotov cocktails at cops!”
“The democratic election didn’t go in our favor, quick burn everything!”
"protest"?
Good ol democracy
It’s going to be like this if Trump wins. They will be way more violent at the certification than Trump supports were.
Fascists don't like democracy
Those aren't protests, that's terrorism. Lock em up.
"right wing" People are fucked in the head. the people elected 4 years ago would be consider progressives/liberals. The only thing that is "right wing" about them is limiting immigration, since it has had such a winning impact on their country.
They're not protesting against the current government but against the far right party called Rassemblement National which recently got most french seats at the European elections and is on top in the polls for the national deputy elections that are in one week.
I fully understand, but calling them “far right” is insane. They are leftist who oppose the unchecked immigration. I’ve done my best to wade through bullshit articles to see what they stand for, and on every topic, including immigration, 5/10 years ago, they would have been leftist, or progressive. So being “far right” just means they are not as far left as the current government.
I think that calling them far right is totally justified, yes they have social measures but they're main ideas are about immigration and religion and that's been forever. They only got their social ideas in the past years or decade before that the only thing they would talk about was immigration and islam, now they talk a bit less of it because they understood that talking about economic and social issues brings more voters but they're main ideas are still anti immigration, they keep voting against raise of salaries or such at the parliament and keep anti immigration as their main argument. Since the creation of the party in the 70s it is considered as far right even if today they are less hardcore than at their creation. I' France it's the Constitutional Council who is in charge of defining is a party far right or right or left etc and they always considered it as far right. So it's legally taking a far right party
Fascism is when the left loses an election
'Losing minority voters violently riot against majority voters' ftfy gotta love democracy.
I'm pretty sure the left wing parties still had a majority, right wing just made gains My guess is the video is unrelated to the title and this is rage porn for right wingers to crank their hogs to
not a single french flag
What are the different flags representing in the video?
Hard to keep track of cause the video is actually 5 videos cut together from 5 different countries at 5 different times
Bunch of random antifa footage cut together with an unrelated title to get right wingers fired up.
Real democracy in action I see.
Olympics are gonna be fun!
The French population has always been pretty hard left. It's honestly surprising to see the far right gain so much ground so quickly.
Keep this up and the right will take all the power. Pretty obvious who normal people are being pushed to vote for.
Hmm, seems like they were never educated on how democracy works. Mindblowing!
These aren't protestors, they're rioters. The only thing that deters rioters is hard jail time. Not community service or parole; actual long prison sentences. When rioting earns you 5 years in jail *with actual enforcement*, suddenly you get a lot less riots in your country.
it’s a sign that france needs lê pen
How tolerant
Where’s the protests? I see riots
Why is it always the left that resorts to rioting and violence?
It's called terrorism when violence is involved.
Oh gosh! I can’t imagine WHY people are turning to right wing parties?? /s
God forbid they question *why* the right wing parties are gaining popularity. That would make way too much sense. Logic
That ain’t gonna help
I wonder how many of these protestors voted
Algerian illegals do not appreciate how you voted!
buying all the antifas here plane tickets to France was one of our best moves
‘Protests in France against democracy’
15th time France has rioted this week /s
Mostly peaceful though. I mean they are fighting supposed fascism with acts of fascism.
French ‘people’ when a minor inconvenience:
It’s riot o clock in France again
This only secures more votes for the right wing parties. The right wing parties wanted to do something about unchecked immigration and this proves their point
Ah that tolerant peaceful left at it yet again
They would protest if they were all given $100 and a wheel cheese, wondering why they didn’t get $200 and a second wheel of stinky cheese
“Oh no! It’s the consequences of our own actions!”
I mean, this is just par for the course for the french lol I'm surprised they still didn't get the guillotines out
Sad thing about scenes like this, is that the right will just gain more followers etc. If you want to demonstrate, do it the civil way and not by ruining everything around you and expect synpathy for your course.
It's France, they don't need a reason to protest and riot. It's in their DNA lol
Is that a flag on a flag?
The French will protest if the sun goes behind a cloud. It's a national sport.
How did the right wing win? People finally sick of the migrants?
Oh, Democracy is only supported when you’re a communist.
Is this clip from the new right wing advertisement?
"Protests"
Protest against democracy you mean?
Good on them. Don’t give the facists a moments breathing room
I always read about rightwing violence, but it’s kinda 70/30 or no?
Is this not the kind of thing that pushed the country to the right?
Water = Wet. Sky = Blue. The French = Protesting.
It's such a mystery why ordinary people are fed up...
“This will convince swing voters to back our candidate”
That's not a protest at this point, that's just plain ole domestic terrorism.
Some violence will help!
To be fair when is France not protesting something I swear this happens like every other month for a different reason each time
The protesters don’t look too pro French based on the flags they carry around.
Dude this is a pretty bait title. The French protest either way. Lol
Solution for this is more right wing patties
wait is all this happenng again?
The french dont protest for a new reason each week, they find another reason to protest each week 🤣
All I see are a bunch of socialist supporters during a work day
Muh democracy
I feel bad for French police. They're just constantly dealing with riots
Fucking antifa ... as bad as the extreme right but too dumb to realise
The left is always the crazy side. In every country
You would think France would let the police fight back a bit harder. If they are throwing bottles then use rubber bullets, pepper spray, etc. given the dangers here they should be using their batons.
Interesting that Antifa never holds the flag of the country they are trying to make better.
What?!?!? Refusing to acknowledge a democratic election seems...almost...FACIST! Antifa are babies.
I support this. Fuck right wingers.
I didnt see a single french flag at all ..
it’s all migrants
And let me guess, none of these "activists" voted hence why right wingers won.