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French lawmaker proposes bill to outlaw mockery of accents
Reuters ^ | October 19, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 10/19/2018 11:05:59 AM PDT by C19fan

A French member of parliament has proposed that mockery of accents be outlawed, after an irate politician derided a journalist’s southwestern pronunciation before asking if anyone had a question in “understandable French”.

Laetitia Avia of President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party said she was proposing a bill that would classify such mockery with other forms of prohibited discrimination such as on grounds of sex or race.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: accents; avia; eussr; france; frenchaccent; laetitiaavia; language; macron
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To: C19fan

It’s a basic human right to make fun of the French...


22 posted on 10/19/2018 11:31:15 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Look at all those little,sad,pathetic children./s

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23 posted on 10/19/2018 11:31:32 AM PDT by Mears
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To: C19fan; All

In reviewing the comments on this thread, it became clear to me that pretty much everyone else has just as demented a sense of humor as I do...meaning that FR is a pretty damned good place to hang out.

Oh, and on the topic of making fun of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys, I present this list: https://www.strategypage.com/humor/articles/military_humor_complete_list_of_french_jokes.asp


24 posted on 10/19/2018 11:32:33 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Mears

They’re being separated from their parents./s


25 posted on 10/19/2018 11:33:18 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: C19fan

French lawmaker proposes bill to outlaw mockery of accents

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I’d like to make fun of the French on this one, but the truth is that Leftists here in the U.S. wanna out law all sorts of “Hate Speech”. Even if they haven’t managed to out law certain non-PC speech, the fact that people can get fired, banned, and otherwise ostracized shows how powerful censorship via social pressure really is.


26 posted on 10/19/2018 11:33:34 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Sickening,isn’t it?

The screaming “Me Too” banshees think they have something to worry about now,wait until these guys arrive.

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27 posted on 10/19/2018 11:35:39 AM PDT by Mears
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To: C19fan

So ....it’s okay to make funny of how short, or hairy they are? Or, how they smell of stinky cheese and cheap table wine?
Or that they need a shower or dental work?


28 posted on 10/19/2018 11:38:47 AM PDT by Leep (Thanks)
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To: C19fan

Ah, so they have tackled all the deeply important issues, so that they turn their attentions to this.


29 posted on 10/19/2018 11:38:57 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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We are so poor, we do not even have a language ... just this stupid accent!

30 posted on 10/19/2018 11:39:15 AM PDT by BlueLancer (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. (G.K. Chesterton))
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To: C19fan
A French member of parliament has proposed that mockery of accents be outlawed...


31 posted on 10/19/2018 11:41:51 AM PDT by BlueLancer (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. (G.K. Chesterton))
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32 posted on 10/19/2018 11:44:45 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: C19fan
Just don't mention "zee VAHR"


33 posted on 10/19/2018 11:48:04 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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34 posted on 10/19/2018 12:10:01 PM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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35 posted on 10/19/2018 12:12:30 PM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: Ancesthntr

lmao


36 posted on 10/19/2018 12:18:52 PM PDT by tom paine 2
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To: C19fan

So I can’t do my ‘Downeast Maine’ accent in France? Or a Bostonian accent, too?


37 posted on 10/19/2018 12:27:53 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: C19fan

“THIS is an outrage!”


38 posted on 10/19/2018 12:39:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: NohSpinZone

Peter Sellers appeared as an east indian with accent in The Party.

Brown face acting


39 posted on 10/19/2018 12:41:02 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: dfwgator

National Lampoon Radio Hour
The Indianapolis Academy of French Accent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDg7OI9q6LU


40 posted on 10/19/2018 12:43:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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