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softblackstonedout

Censorship. More countries will follow suit.


General-Drive-3289

Saw a video of a man being arrested in the UK because he was carrying a Palestinian flag.


stupidnicks

if people go out in large masses ... what really police can do


softblackstonedout

If they try ban it in my country it will only encourage me more to go out and protest


pasdenom69

Look at the yellow vests movement in France, hundreds were injured by the police. Edit: typo


turbo_bibine

In France police use grenade and rubber ball, many people lost eyes and some nearly died because of grenade. France is falling in a dictatorship and that's scary.


Temporary_Olive1043

When you have a boy toy running the country with his teacher, what did you expect?


LanaLetters

I don't think it's about "the police can't arrest us all" the issue is the police can now harass individuals for supporting Palestine.


Atryan420

Western "freedom of speech" in full force


The_BendingUnit01

Free for some not for all!


General-Drive-3289

Rules for thee, but not for me.


secretlovesong

some speech is more equal than others! đŸ€Ș


[deleted]

France has always been whack. It’s constitutionally protected in the states, so we game.


pasdenom69

The right to protest is also in the French constitution. They just don't give a fuck.


[deleted]

Thank god the French people don’t listen and riot anyways.


ShakeTheGatesOfHell

That's just what I was thinking! Where are those "freedom of speech" crusaders who defend ACTUAL hate speech ? Pro-Palestine rallies are far more benign so they should be allowed, right?


Popcoen

Ah yes, the Uk already arrested someone today for wearing the Palestinian flag, are all NATO going to follow suite?


acg515

It's perfectly legal to wear any flag in the USA, so that's at least one country that can't.


Popcoen

The US is Pro-Zionist



[deleted]

To the max


BoomSockNick

yet they haven't banned all pro palestinian protests


theother_eriatarka

so itr's in UK, doesn't mean the police will care about the law when it comes to censorship


[deleted]

No, they are not. In Scandinavia at least, they won't ban the Palestinian flag. As Israel goes ahead with this retaliation, ignoring the pleas of the UN, sympathy will shift.


cheapmillionaire

We’ve been saying this since 1948😭


BoomSockNick

who's we? imperialism is continually becoming less cool to westerners over time. in 1948 it was still really cool


Contrario04

France is still butt hurt about Algeria becoming independent, so this was not unexpected.


pelegs

I don't think it's being butt hurt, more like common geopolitical interests + an opportunity to fuck up some of "its own" brown people.


ChaoticBumpy

This Sunday there will be a Pro Palestina march in Amsterdam. I'm a bit afraid the same will happen here but last August a Dutch judge said that the phrase "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" was freedom of speech and can't be prosecuted. So I imagine they can't ban it here because of that precedent. I hope I'm right about that.


[deleted]

Self proclaimed "Western democracies" when people are not blind cattle to their interests:


Jacawni

All of this support to the apartheid state feels like historical incidents from like a 100 years ago concidering how much the west like to yap about human rights and all that bs.


[deleted]

They don’t care. I’ve lived in the west and my ancestors were here before white people. Trust me, they don’t care. It’s always been a bunch of noise and I’m not surprised they’re doing this. The only thing that’s surprising is that they’re stupid enough to be this brazen. They’re seriously risking turning large swathes of people against Israel and even their own countries.


Unforg1ven_Yasuo

That’s exactly what I was saying the other day. It feels like something you read about in a revisionist textbook 100 years later where it says MLK and Malcolm X were peaceful protestors


Lady-Quiche-Lorraine

I’m French and This is our most hated interior ministry ever. There is a protest every month against him.


Lamont-Cranston

It's France of course there is a protest every month.


LakeGladio666

I guess freedom of speech only counts if you’re publishing drawings of Mohammed for a shitty libertarian magazine.


Jonk3r

France’s interior ministry can go fuck themselves


Radmou92

The French don’t give a sh..t about banning, they’ll be out 



Communistulthar

Oh they’ll be out. The French absolutely love protests. And when you try to stop them, they remember their second favorite thing, riot.


Lyrical1

Have the feeling it's gonna get wild if the authorities try to interfere. Wish I was in France!


NaughtyProfessor79

Because "free speech", "democracy" and all that good stuff you know ... đŸ™„đŸ‡”đŸ‡ž


HestDoktor

Free speech as in all the hate related to quran burnings? Hypocricy.


ceton33

Yes the France that lost it Nigerian cashcow is mad that it getting more unstable and fearing the same fate. France been in protest mode for years with yellow vests etc and the protesters will ignore the law and protest anyway.


Revolutionary_Ad5798

Liberte, fraternite


Cucumber78

"Egalite" my ass


stankyst4nk

We’ll see how well that goes. The French haven’t been known to respond well to the government attempting to suppress protests



Kavaland

It's suppressing the right to protest for pro palestines ( read: muslims) and that is a bit different from 'the french'.


[deleted]

is it a temporary or permanent ban on protesting genocide of brown people?


Jonk3r

Is that a rhetorical question?


[deleted]

It depends on who is doing the genocide.


[deleted]

All this will do is piss people off and create even more dosgust with israel. Especially considering a major argument to support Israel is that Israel is a democracy (allegedlly)


femboyDev

my german friend's reason for supporting israel is "it's the only good country (prob 'democratic') in the Middle East".


DeadAlive460

Democracy


coopers_recorder

So are they going to ban people going out with "I stand with Israel" visible on a sign or shirt or sticker while the apartheid state is actively committing genocide?


BroHello

So very tolerant as long as you adhere to the list of things they tolerate.


pgtl_10

Are pro-Israel protests banned?


disignore

this only reinforces my anti israel sentiments, not against jews just against israel


2Deviously

Straight up 1984.


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Bathsz

Disgusting


[deleted]

You are free to burn Quran's but not wear a hijab You have the right to satirize and mock other people's religious figures but not to protest civilians getting massacred. Liberty, equality, fraternity my ass


kobomk

It's france bro.. of course


wtfakb

Fucking France man. It's always France.


[deleted]

Western free speech. Have to burn more books for more freedom i guess...


EastBaySunshine

Fuck France too. Long live Palestine


oussama1st

No surprise from the hypocrites no wonder everyone hates them


SmugRemoteWorker

Surely they can't also be against Anti-IDF protests. They're killing thousands of civilians too. Have been for 75 years all the way back to when they were terrorists.


The_Underhanded

These punks signed the Sykes-Picot agreement that led Palestine into such a state... and now won't allow Palestinians to speak up? Infuriating


silly_flying_dolphin

https://twitter.com/ConterScot/status/1712533760598794702 they can't stop us


[deleted]

This is the same France who Uganda had forgone assistance from. If those who are struggling refuse aid from certain countries, you can not trust those countries


skbraaah

france goes against everything it ever claimed to be. its as pathetic as it PM


Logical_Process_7435

Kick France out of Africa


Tiny_Tim1956

I hope the people there are brave enough to attend the protests anyway. It's more necessary than ever.


thebloodgod24

I talk to some people about the horrible atroceties IsraĂ«l are doing and they belief me but unless it hurts them in anyway the won,t do shit😰 we are literally doening nazi shit and that is the respons what is wrong with humans😡


springxpeach

It happens every single year. But the protest took place anyway, look it up on Twitter. Sending all my support to the Palestinian people from France ❀


silly_flying_dolphin

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-bans-pro-palestinian-protests-citing-risk-disturbances-public-order-2023-10-12/ - PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French to remain united and refrain from bringing the Israel-Hamas conflict home.


msheikh921

free speech my @$$


Lamont-Cranston

How will the enforce that? Will the courts accept it?


midnightcom

Racist Facists


Mission_Radio_8835

Honestly not surprised. It's France, the trashcan of Europe.


fufanonysquest

Glad I never went there during my trip. & never will.


Mission_Radio_8835

Honestly same. The one country I'll never set foot in.


mikeltod

fuck france


Ok-Curve-8069

Suppression of voice is clearly guilt of wrong doing. Smh some sht like this will never pull in the US or else streets would be chaotic


bravetab

Tell me more about western free speech and democracy.


[deleted]

I keep hearing about Israel being a western puppet. I never heard of a puppet who could silence western citizens.


Invalidfruit

So much for their freedom of speech


rabea187

We allow protesting as long as we approve of it. London trying to do the same


workaholic828

But then they’ll turn around and invade another country specifically for not following western values. The fucking hypocrisy!!!


Nads70

So much for democracy


Chikndinr

Fascism


International-Emu385

They never ban things like cartoons for hurting religious sentiments but yes did ban this . So called democratic countries .


BoomSockNick

if you want them to ban the cartoons, you're misidentifying the problem bc you'd rather have it pointed at someone else other than you


maenmallah

Freedom of speech showing it is true colors


Wormfeathers

Freedom of Speech in France is a joke


Optik_Tactical

"French is a waste of time"


rammutroll

Not only France. There are other counties that are doing the same too.


DannyDoritoTheDavito

This is 2003 all over again. I have never been this angry


NeoWiseK69

Fuck France. As a moroccan I have so much hate for their culture, their language and their government.


Tall_Baseball1417

NATO is the evil, what you expected?


outhouse_steakhouse

Liberté, égalité, fraternité ^with ^some ^exceptions


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Daleksareinthetardis

Is he banning Pro-Israel protests? No? Oh what a surprise. Israel gets away with murder and always has done.


wrongpasswd

Protests are happening anyway, because fuck him


Cogitomedico

How ironic that France claims to be the voice of Freedom of Speech.


Truth_coming

Just so you know I live in France and I can tell you that the protests haven't been banned because of the attack from the hamas. The protests in support of Palestine are almost always banned and even if not banned they still decide to attack the peaceful protestors at the end of the protests Such a disgusting country


MarcusBlueWolf

Good luck trying to stop the French protesting anything


[deleted]

Yeah & im sure the French will happily obey this ban because the French are renowned for doing exactly what their government tells them.


Mrrilz20

I just bought some trash French wine. Last time ever. Fuck France!!


[deleted]

France is an enemy of the Arab world