I mean, you’re more than welcome to do that but I’m concerned it will be an exercise in missing the point. Macronists doing Islamophobia isn’t bad because fascists are also doing it, it’s just bad. But it does also show that there’s no barrier in principle to an alliance. That the left and the fascists both (appear to) support a higher minimum wage is a bit different isn’t it.
How would you say the “Doing Islamophobia instead of nothing” strategy is working out? Maybe there are other alternatives to doing nothing?
According to you, is it islamophobic to try and prevent terrorist attacks ? I mean, all attacks, by any sort of group, need to be prevented. Should islamic criminals benefit of some sort of tolerance on behalf of the government ?
Islamo-gauchisme is an insult that gets tossed around a bit (not a lot), mostly in Parisian political and intellectual circles IME, by people ranging from the far-right to the centre-left in an attempt to discredit their opponents. It was most recently used by Blanquer (Macron's minister of education), after the decapitation of Samuel Paty, to attack left-wing academics that he considered too complacent and soft on militant islam. 100 university professors and other grandees then signed a petition supporting the minister, which provoked a backlash in the press and elsewhere. That incident is the storm in the teacup I was thinking of. I don't normally use the IG term as it seems to mean different things to different people and it seems to have originated on the far right, but in this case it seemed in tune with what Sean was getting at as it's been used by both the far right and the centre. I would be ready to guarantee that at least 94.5% of the French population didn't give a toss about it, including a majority of French Muslims.
Lots of others: both parties are profoundly skeptical, to put it mildly, about the EU (both want to wriggle out of EU constraints, to the point of toying with the idea of Frexit (RN) or "disobedience"(LFI); both were pro-Putin until Feb 24, a bit less so now; both are still anti-NATO; both are anti-Germany as well as anti-US; etc.
And let me guess, when Macron caps gas prices, electricity prices, petrol prices, is he ceding ground to NUPES or to the far right?
Without wanting to take anything away from our own boys in blue, you really do have to hand it to the French:
Wow! How extreme can people who wear socks with sandals be?
NUPES are described as “far left” by BBC, who list main policies as…
This is very much a lefty thing. France already has the lowest retirement age in Europe, money isn’t there even for 62, but why not lower it even further. It sounds so good before an election after all. Melenchon is a charlatan, you should hear him speaking at his shows.
Hardly “far” left was my point
You reject the far right, Tony, many people are like you but they reject the far left as well. That doesn’t turn them into rightists either.
