How Facebook Is Fueling the French Populist Rage

Re:How Facebook Is Fueling the French Populist Rage by paganel on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:11AM (#18618138)

> Giving someone a beating to incapacitate them (no time for arrest & paperwork) is fair game in my eyes.

This is a very wrong view to hold, imho. Modern political concepts like the German Rechtsstaat or the English "Rule of law" depend on the police not doing what they're seen doing in videos like this one. If the general populace feels (or even starts to feel) that the police and the powers that be play by no rules then we'll be in a world of hurt and anarchy.

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Re:How Facebook Is Fueling the French Populist Rage by stef25 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:25AM (#18618254)

Let's hope the general populace can see the difference between peaceful protestors and people just wanting violence and destruction.

Macron's body guard getting filmed (out of context) beating a protestor led to him being arrested, suspended and then demoted and profuse apologies from France's head of state.

So I think police is still being held accountable the way they should.

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