I had a discussion with a French lad about this – people online romanticise urban public disorder in France but condemn it when it happens in England or many other countries.
The conclusion? Clearly French rioting has a DOP label. You can only call it a proper riot if it occurs in a major French city, otherwise it is just ‘sparkling urban-style unrest’.
From the video evidence I watched yesterday 5 police officers should be charged with attempted murder. Who the f**k do these monsters tho they are?
What’s the deal with the trash? Are they still not picking it up? I ‘d assume that would turn into a public safety issue rather quickly.
Why are we glorifying extremely violent riots that endanger the lives and belongings of thousands and are directed at a policy that was implemented by a democratically elected president, acting within his constitutionally given powers?
Even if you choose to the ignore socio-economic reality and think that this policy is not needed, the above mentioned aspects are more than enough to condemn such actions.
Edit: Just admit that you only want democracy when it leads to an outcome that you personally like.
I will never understand how disagreeing with a reform like this justify violence and destruction of property. People who cheer online when they see violence against police are in my opinion not fit to live in a democracy. If they want to change the pension reform they can go on strikes, support the opposition, or do politics themselves. The people going on a rampage against private property and police deserves to work until 71 in my opinion.
-> people of reddit are a young demographic with a supposedly vested interest in actually seeing a working pension system in their lifetime
-> this protest is against a responsible and necessary increase in retirement age in France, where retirement age is among the lowest in europe and the world, and utterly non-sustainable. A factual intergenerational theft.
-> this is effectively a backlash of old people against young people
-> Young people on reddit: yeah fuck shit up mates!!! Hasta la revolucion!
I’m bothered by the fact that the bottle was still full, such a waste smh
We stand with the French people 🔥🇬🇷🤝🇫🇷
Just the damage from the riots these last weeks will maybe cost enough to force the French government to up the pension age another 2 years.
I understand people demonstrating, I don’t understand going monkey like and burn,destroy,injure police etc.
I know average reddit user are a bunch of nerdy capitalistic liberals but lying that much and ignoring what’s really happening is a bit cringe under this post.
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I had a discussion with a French lad about this – people online romanticise urban public disorder in France but condemn it when it happens in England or many other countries.
The conclusion? Clearly French rioting has a DOP label. You can only call it a proper riot if it occurs in a major French city, otherwise it is just ‘sparkling urban-style unrest’.
From the video evidence I watched yesterday 5 police officers should be charged with attempted murder. Who the f**k do these monsters tho they are?
What’s the deal with the trash? Are they still not picking it up? I ‘d assume that would turn into a public safety issue rather quickly.
Why are we glorifying extremely violent riots that endanger the lives and belongings of thousands and are directed at a policy that was implemented by a democratically elected president, acting within his constitutionally given powers?
Even if you choose to the ignore socio-economic reality and think that this policy is not needed, the above mentioned aspects are more than enough to condemn such actions.
Edit: Just admit that you only want democracy when it leads to an outcome that you personally like.
I will never understand how disagreeing with a reform like this justify violence and destruction of property. People who cheer online when they see violence against police are in my opinion not fit to live in a democracy. If they want to change the pension reform they can go on strikes, support the opposition, or do politics themselves. The people going on a rampage against private property and police deserves to work until 71 in my opinion.
-> people of reddit are a young demographic with a supposedly vested interest in actually seeing a working pension system in their lifetime
-> this protest is against a responsible and necessary increase in retirement age in France, where retirement age is among the lowest in europe and the world, and utterly non-sustainable. A factual intergenerational theft.
-> this is effectively a backlash of old people against young people
-> Young people on reddit: yeah fuck shit up mates!!! Hasta la revolucion!
I’m bothered by the fact that the bottle was still full, such a waste smh
We stand with the French people 🔥🇬🇷🤝🇫🇷
Just the damage from the riots these last weeks will maybe cost enough to force the French government to up the pension age another 2 years.
I understand people demonstrating, I don’t understand going monkey like and burn,destroy,injure police etc.
I know average reddit user are a bunch of nerdy capitalistic liberals but lying that much and ignoring what’s really happening is a bit cringe under this post.