The France Thread: Oui Oui, Bonbons and all that bad stuff 🇫🇷

[Liu Kang]

@Liu Kang, you raised an interesting point regarding the islands, so Martinique and Guadeloupe are willing to disregard the clearly racist nature of Le Pen over immigration?

It's complicated but short answer yes. I feel it's more of enemy of my enemy thing than an actual support. However from what I recall, Marine Le Pen has never been racist, it was her dad that was. She's most likely xenophobic to some point but she more polished than her dad and that's why she managed to go to back to back runoffs.

I talked about it several years ago but the anti-Haitian sentiment in the Carribeans is very real. That is all coming from Haiti being the poorest country in the area obviously but Dominicans aren't far off either to be honest. Guadeloupeans and Martinicans being part of France, they get a European level of standard of living which plenty in the area want to benefit from. Same in Guyane, La Réunion etc.

Xenophobia exists everywhere and you could look at TLR and "tethers" or some similar Tariq Nasheed rethoric for a closer example.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Historically though, this seems like an improvement on the far rights overall performance. The abstention rate also suggests a generally unhappy electorate.

 

[Liu Kang]

Not that other poster, but I am Haitian and have seen it first hand. He’s absolutely right and they are very much willing to side with the far right over it. Kinda like white Mexicans siding with Neo Nazi to terrorize other Mexicans.

Yeah I remember in the early 2000s, there was athis TV dude named Ibo Simon who had a 1 hour segment on some channel and he was often straight shytting on Haitians and other Carribeans that were coming in Guadeloupe. shyt was ridiculous

French Carribeans are also very christian so there's also some wariness about Haitians and their voodoo. Superstition, witchcraft and other beliefs are still a real thing here

 

[88m3]

Historically though, this seems like an improvement on the far rights overall performance. The abstention rate also suggests a generally unhappy electorate.

f24 was saying the participation rate was extremely high if you count blank ballots

 

[Liu Kang]

The US media was portraying this race like it was gonna be a dead heat.

You should have read this thread ! I kept saying she had 0 chance
You guys media did the same last time still remember this silly ep of Last Week Tonight making it seem France was on the verge of a dramatic event.

 

[Liu Kang]

f24 was saying the participation rate was extremely high if you count blank ballots

Blank ballots are supposed to be counted in I think. It's the null ballots that should not be.

 

[88m3]

Blank ballots are supposed to be counted in I think. It's the null ballots that should not be.

the bald dude that does the interviews said the participation was around the level of 68' which I guess was the highest and most competitive recently(ever?)

edit found the clip: he says if you count the blank, invalid, and abstention it would be 34%

 

[CASHAPP]

Yeah I remember in the early 2000s, there was athis TV dude named Ibo Simon who had a 1 hour segment on some channel and he was often straight shytting on Haitians and other Carribeans that were coming in Guadeloupe. shyt was ridiculous

French Carribeans are also very christian so there's also some wariness about Haitians and their voodoo. Superstition, witchcraft and other beliefs are still a real thing here

You still think she may run again and win in 2027?

 

[wire28]

did they storm the capital yet?

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

did they storm the Bastille yet?

 

[Treeshaz]

Seen a Tiktok about both dem had to look rq which one was the right winger

Europe kinda wild

 

[FaTaL]

Was it supposed to be close before the vote?

 

[FaTaL]

The US media was portraying this race like it was gonna be a dead heat.

First re elected president in 20 years for France?

 

[FaTaL]

Looks like her ties to Putin sunk her

 

[88m3]

She did better than she did last time and he did worse than he did last election but it was still a blowout