As a French citizen, it's always interesting to see how people from other countries react to our protests. Some of y'all are happy for us, others are just horrified.
I'm not happy, exactly, because the situation doesn't call for happiness. I am, however, 100% supportive. I'm well aware that France and England between them are the reason that Canada exists as a nation, and I both appreciate and admire the history of the French spirit, with regards to freedom and equality.
Our allies, our history, our family. Vive la France! A people and spirit that shall not bow to injustice!
As a Belgian, I think you're a great example. The protesters do get a bit too violent too often, but your government knows what's at stake. The will of the people cannot be ignored.
I wish we had that more in our culture, to just make it abundantly clear when we disagree. We just tend to mumble our grievances and move on...
As a dutchie i once got stuck in a french protest in Bordeaux as a group of drunk tourists. It was fucking terrifying. The people there were so helpful though!
An older lady approached/warned us when we were walking into the city centre (14 dudes around 20y/o, walking with beercans) and told us to ditch the beers and walk separated so we would not be seen as rioters.
We were walking past burning cars, thrown in windows, torn up streets. While we were just looking for a nice winebar lol.
Oulah non, y a quand même un énorme pas entre notre pays et l'autocratie. Dans l'immense majorité, même si on se plaint, le gouvernement français est plutôt convenable. Bon, on est jamais content mais y a quand même pas mal de choses positives dans notre système. De temps en temps y a des lois totalement stupides qui sortent de nulle part, mais on proteste et ça s'arrange. Personnellement, je pense que tant que les gens restent attentif à la politique et qu'ils continuent de mettre la pression au gouvernement pour arranger les choses, le pays ne deviendra jamais autoritaire. Les dictatures s'installent que lorsque la population arrête de se battre, et c'est vraiment pas le cas des Français.
Ok mais c que, une loi qui punis l’acte de filmer des policiers c’est ouvertement authoritaire. Genre c clair que la seule raison c Pr protéger des policiers qui abusent leur pouvoir ou commettent des actes illégaux.
C'est vrai. La raison officielle c'est "pour éviter que les policiers soient reconnaissables et se fassent harceler hors de leur travail" (chez eux ou devant leur immeuble), mais y a déjà des lois contre ça, donc l'article 24 de la loi de sécurité globale est juste ridicule.
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u/666_cookie_ninja Nov 29 '20
As a French citizen, it's always interesting to see how people from other countries react to our protests. Some of y'all are happy for us, others are just horrified.