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0 pointsberemaki2y ago0 comments

What gilets jaunes or blocking whatever have anything to do with violating parliamentary rights ? Or making protests of disappointment (edit: disapproval) illegal everywhere the president go ?

What can anyone do about a president that abuses its power ? This is a basic democratic issue and I am pessimistic because a lot of people like you just don't seem to get it, so we won't address that and when it is going to be too late it will be too late.

You might like or trust the current government but what about the next one ?

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pif2y ago

> making protests of disappointment illegal everywhere the president go

France is big enough. Having to avoid a few square kilometres around the president will leave you plenty of space to organize your protest.

Beldin2y ago

You mean like "free speech zones" - which seems to be defined as zones in the US where you do have freedom of speech. (Yes, I'm wondering "what about the rest of the land area" as well.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_zone

soco2y ago

Next law: protest as much as you want but out of sight. In your own cellar maybe? Ok that was sarcasm, but the very point of a protest is to be visible. Same with all Last Generation or such protests: if they had simply marched on some side street, nobody would talk about them today.

pif2y ago

> the very point of a protest is to be visible.

And that's why the public space must be made available for protesters, it's part of the life of a sane democracy. Public space and free press are sufficient if you have a point that matters to other people.

But if you feel the need to hijack another event in order to get people's attention, maybe you don't have a valid point to start with?

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0 pointsberemaki2y ago0 comments

What gilets jaunes or blocking whatever have anything to do with violating parliamentary rights ? Or making protests of disappointment (edit: disapproval) illegal everywhere the president go ?

You might like or trust the current government but what about the next one ?

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pif2y ago

> making protests of disappointment illegal everywhere the president go

France is big enough. Having to avoid a few square kilometres around the president will leave you plenty of space to organize your protest.

Beldin2y ago

You mean like "free speech zones" - which seems to be defined as zones in the US where you do have freedom of speech. (Yes, I'm wondering "what about the rest of the land area" as well.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_zone

soco2y ago

pif2y ago

> the very point of a protest is to be visible.

But if you feel the need to hijack another event in order to get people's attention, maybe you don't have a valid point to start with?

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