Regardless of where you stand on the Israel/Hammas situation, the state shouldn’t have this kind of power.
Europeans don’t believe in free speech.
Because we believe in freedom of expression.
We do indeed do not follow US laws. Strange how the world works, right?
freedom of expression.
That’s also not true, as evidenced by this ban on expression.
you can tell because this decision by the french government is currently seeing universal fucking praise
Europeans believe in being civil first.
We just wish you’d man the fuck up and stop saying you do have free speech. Shits annoying.
We’re allowed to straight up lie to a judge in order to defend ourselves… while “everything you say can be used against you”, so much for free speech.
France does this because of Charlie Hebdo.
The US didn’t even do this over 9/11.
Tbf there weren’t a lot of pro-Al Qaeda protests in the US after 9/11 (and btw there were a lot more islamist terror attacks in France than just Charlie Hebdo)
deleted by creator
Hamas is not all Palestinians.
deleted by creator
If it were truly about “unrest”, they’d ban demonstrations in support of Israel also. This is just the government telling people what opinions they’re allowed to express.
Demonstrations in support of Israel have not (yet) ended up in burning stuff in the street.
France doesn’t have a “free speech” clause before the “be civil” clause. In the US you can be an ass in the name of free speech, in France you can be civil or shut up.
deleted by creator
Support of Israel is understandable in this context considering the innocent people that were killed.
Innocent people are actively being killed in Gaza as we speak.
What I’m sure of though is that far-right/nazi movements will attack Palestine supporters, probably under cover. We call it “casseurs”, people who are here to break things appart to undermine the event’s credibility. Palestine support is almost left-party only in France.
A leftwing event being attacked shouldn’t undermine the legitimacy of the left. A false flag attack on a pro-Israel demonstration might though.
deleted by creator
Innocent people are innocent people. You cannot cherry pick who deserves human rights and who doesn’t.
Yes, and by saying supporting Israel was understandable and thus wouldn’t be banned, the implication was that supporting Palestine was not understandable. No one is holding pro-Hamas rallies in France, they’re holding pro-Palestine rallies.
deleted by creator
