Topic: I can't believe the French are going to fucking elect Le Pen the fascist

Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago #103,577

Have we forgotten WWII?

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,168,215

Are they, though? I just did a quick Google and I'm not seeing her out in front.

Now yes, granted, polls have been catastrophically wrong before. Brexit happened, Trump happened, so I'm not saying that her wining is impossible. I'm just not, at least from a cursory look, seeing where OP is getting this from.

Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 21 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,216

Yeah I remember when France tried to annex Austria and bits of Poland and Czechoslovakia. That was some serious stuff!

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 42 seconds later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,217

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
I DO remember a few years ago when France started deporting gypsies on trains. It starts small.

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 14 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,218

@previous (A)
Were the gypsies citizens of France?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 13 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,220

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
No. That is not the point. They specifically deported Roma, and Europe has a bad history of choosing an ethnicity to deport on trains. Learn to read the room.

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,223

@previous (A)
Would it have been less bad if they deported them on buses?

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,224

@1,168,215 (B)
Bump. OP, why do you think this?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,225

@previous (B)
It is hard to tell. The French have historically been very conservative in some areas, and very liberal in others. I think it is a symptom of the current global trend toward the right (see Trump for reference, also Poland, Russia, etc.) The pendulum swings back and forth. I am not sure exactly what prompted this global swing to the right, but I think Le Pen, like Trump, is a symptom of it. Let's hope it does take another world war to teach us to swing left again.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,227

The Germans think the AfD fascists are sensible and reasonable, too! Has the whole world gone mad?

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 2 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,228

@1,168,225 (A)
I agree with you to an extent, this has been a recent trend in Europe and America. And while I'm admittedly very uninformed, I haven't recently seen any evidence that LePen is currently on track to win.

I she doesn't, for sure. Europe is at a pivotal moment, and what it doesn't need right now is a freewheeling nationalist thrown into the mix.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,230

@previous (B)
Exactly. She may not be in the lead currently, but the fact that she is even a viable candidate troubles me.

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 28 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,248

@previous (A)
She got this far last election too. Yeah it's troubling in itself, but don't worry, she won't necessarily win.

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 15 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,249

@1,168,225 (A)

> Let's hope it does take another world war to teach us to swing left again.

Leftist countries don't go to war? Are you sure about this? 🤔🤔🤔

dw !p9hU6ckyqw joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 10 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,339

are you expecting them to vote macron unironically??

𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕞 joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 1 hour later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,340

Wah wah some politician I don't like might win an election in a country I don't live in

dw !p9hU6ckyqw replied with this 3 years ago, 3 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,343

@previous (𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕞)
lol le pen winning the elections would have huge international impact especially in western europe

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 3 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,359

LePen sucks

𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕞 replied with this 3 years ago, 5 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,402

@1,168,343 (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)

Yeah right

Anonymous B replied with this 3 years ago, 50 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,415

@1,168,340 (𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕞)
lol blom this is so naive 😂

𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕞 replied with this 3 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,416

@previous (B)

Tell me more

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 3 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,454

lol no

dw !p9hU6ckyqw replied with this 3 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,475

@1,168,402 (𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕞)
lol

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