At some point I realised I have no idea how to evaluate protests in other countries. We have protests, and some extremely important, some are dumb as fuckshit, and some are just an excuse to riot. I know this, because I know the issues... but in a foreign country when they protest against bad conditions at school I have no idea how bad their schools are. Are they worse than our schools, or better? Are the problems extremely widespread, or somewhat rare, but amplified by some part of the media to seem widespread? No idea.
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American government: we're deporting your friends and neighbors to third countries, burning your crops, poisoning your water supply, and delivering a plague unto your houses
Americans: What?! You can't do that! I'm going to write angry social media posts and participate in a quickly-forgotten weekend protest that disrupts little to nothing! Not this weekend though, I have work in the morning.
DW guns will save them from this
Guns could save them from this but the only ones with guns are the ones supporting the policies.
...and also re-elect you because the other guy said he'd make housing more affordable for everyone
For the home of the brave there sure ain't much wide spread bravery
Because all the braves are gone. That was like, job one.
Riot is in our culture ! We learn it at school !
Anyone remember when the French farmers got pissed off at the government and used a manure spray to coat the president house outside and inside?
Oh and they did it again to clear their fields of "travelers"
Ha ha they do that in so many ways, nothings quite like it for a mayor to wade through manure, fish or whatever to get to work!
I remember hearing about French firefighters getting geared up, setting themselves on fire, and running at riot police lol.
Kids told about thursdays riots here in Bordeaux where the firefighters came and put out the burning trashcans etc, but they also cheered the protesters on!
Same side 😘!
I mean, yes the French know how to riot, but they will still blame all their problems on "islamo-gauchisme"...
The venn diagram of French people who protest/riot and French people who say "islamo-gauchisme" unironically is two distinct circles.
The latter tend to despise protesters and cheer when the police beat them up. Except when the protesters are farmers, then it's legitimate anger towards an incompetent and corrupt government.
Thats false, but the far right love to peddle that lie. You also got it wrong, as it's supposedly an insult to "woke" people or leftists.
Mon point était plus que c'est pas que les Anglais qui ont des dérives de droites. C'est pas pour rien que notre export Mathieu Bock-Côté a tant de succès chez vous.