Don't the French know that fining people for their beliefs won't kill the beliefs, it makes them stronger. It only causes greater resentment. It is akin to this logic:
Posted on 08/24/2017 10:54:40 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The French government has doubled its fines for those found guilty of racial or discriminatory defamation in “non-public” statements.
The increased fine specifically addresses fines issued for “non-public” statements — such as those made on a private Facebook group or to a small group of people — containing abuse aimed at a person or group based on their origin, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identification.
Businesses whose directors or employees are found to have made discriminatory statements will now face potential fines of up to €7,500 for a one-off incident. And for repeat offenses, that rises to a possible €15,000.
Individuals, meanwhile, could be fined €1,500 for one-off incidents and €3,000 if they are repeat offenders. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
Isn’t this the stuff Orwell wrote about?
The leftist thought police have taken over France...and Sweden...and the UK...and...
They’re attempting to take over the US. They’ll succeed. Only if we patriots let it happen.
The leftist thought police have taken over France...and Sweden...and the UK...and...
They’re attempting to take over the US. They’ll succeed. Only if we patriots let it happen.
It’s exactly the stuff he wrote about.
lemme guess- the left gets to decide what is racist and what isn’t- and conservative sites will be the4 only ones getting fined
Thought Crimes. Many in this country used to laugh at England and France being so obsessed with PC rules, they would discard all regard for logic or actual fairness. Now, thanks to the Dems, RINOs wanting to be liked and unvetted invaders, we have finally caught up.
I believe that would be a perfectly good guess. 😀🇵🇭
RINOs share ideology with Dems and are not worried about being liked, certainly not by their voters.
Oh, yeah, that’ll help, Macaroon! Fine people for complaining about the muzzies who burn their cars and live off the hard work of the normal French people.
Don't the French know that fining people for their beliefs won't kill the beliefs, it makes them stronger. It only causes greater resentment. It is akin to this logic:
France is lost.
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