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No. France did nothing when thousands of people celebrated Notre Dame burning. Throughout the Trump presidency making threats against the president was pretty m
by livinginfear 5y ago
No. France did nothing when thousands of people celebrated Notre Dame burning.
Throughout the Trump presidency making threats against the president was pretty much the bread and butter of Twitter.
- mardifoufs 5y agoThey did arrest some people who cheered for the beheading of the high-school teacher though IIRC. France has pretty harsh (and often used) laws regulating speech, and they are ambiguous enough that they can be used pretty broadly. Just an example: >Thousands of people are convicted every year for “contempt of public officials”, a vaguely defined criminal offence that law enforcement and judicial authorities have applied in massive numbers to silence peaceful dissent. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/11/france-is-not-the-free-speech-champion-it-says-it-is/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/11/france-is-not...
- sonicggg 5y agoYeah, France is probably not a good example. They never had much backbone there. In 10 years, Paris may as well be under Sharia law.
- rat9988 5y agoThis is utterly wrong.