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Palestinian Flags Wave While Paris Burns: The Real Motive Behind the Riots
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Posted on 10/24/2026 1:44:10 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Asiedu argues that France’s unrest is rooted less in school funding than in failed assimilation, cultural division and a weakening sense of shared national identity.

Kaizen D. Asiedu argues that recent unrest in Paris cannot be explained simply as a dispute over school funding, saying the violence instead reflects deeper problems involving immigration, assimilation, religion, and national identity.

Asiedu challenged the idea that the unrest should be viewed primarily through the lens of education policy.

"Oh, they're just students protesting over school funding. Got it. So, how does looting Louis Vuitton fix a teacher shortage?

Does burning century-old buildings give them better school buildings? Does burning a grandma's car get teachers hired?

And what's with all the Palestinian flags? Is Palestine the name of a school district in Paris?"

He then tied the Palestinian flags seen during the unrest to what he described as a broader religious and cultural divide.

"Actually, you know what Gaza has in common with some of the rioters? Islam, and a third world mindset."

Asiedu said France has experienced a major demographic shift over the past several decades and argued that many newer arrivals came from societies with different cultural norms.

"France, here's what you did in 1985: half a percent of the population was Muslim. Today, it's 15 times higher, and these aren't Muslims from first-world countries like UAE or Qatar.

They're from third-world countries, and if you don't like that term, you can call them developing." He added that he was not arguing that people from developing countries were inherently inferior, but that cultural differences can create friction when integration fails.


TOPICS: France; Gaza; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belongsinbloggers; frenchriots; notnews; palestine; trojanhorse

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1 posted on 10/24/2026 1:44:10 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone
...saying the violence instead reflects deeper problems involving immigration, assimilation, religion, and national identity...

That used to be called a masterful grasp of the obvious. He might be the first one to say it, though.
2 posted on 10/24/2026 1:51:18 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: ComputerGuy
He might be the first one to say it, though.

Hah? Wha? Oh. Welcome, noob.

3 posted on 10/24/2026 2:01:40 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: NoLibZone

RE: real motive behind the riots...

They will say Palestinian flags are symbols of getting laptops and Ticonderoga no.2 pencils in the hands of school students. If some historic buildings burn to the ground in the struggle, so be it.


4 posted on 10/24/2026 2:15:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Texas Eagle

Thank you. You’re too kind.


5 posted on 10/24/2026 2:21:39 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: NoLibZone
…Asiedu argues that France’s unrest is rooted less in school funding than in failed assimilation, cultural division and a weakening sense of shared national identity...

”Gee, ya really think so?”

6 posted on 10/24/2026 2:29:58 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: NoLibZone

Immigration? Invasion, indoctrination, destiny commanded in their manifesto.


7 posted on 10/24/2026 2:34:32 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: NoLibZone

The Pallie flag is just a catch-all symbol for:
— Decolonization
— Marxism
— Jew Hatred
— But, above all else: Islam


8 posted on 10/24/2026 2:57:22 PM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: NoLibZone

Neutron bombs would fix Paris and Palestine ASAP.


9 posted on 10/24/2026 3:06:59 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Pעומ לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald )
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To: NoLibZone

Will France NOT put an end to this !!!


10 posted on 10/24/2026 3:31:23 PM PDT by bantam
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To: rbg81

Today's Democrats are communists. American voters aren't. So Democrats are replacing us. With Islamists and other third-worlders who hate America. The Red-Green Alliance. Democrats shower them with welfare. And turn a blind eye to their fraud and other crimes. Like France.— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) October 24, 2026


11 posted on 10/24/2026 3:37:33 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: NoLibZone

It is a war against civilization.


12 posted on 10/24/2026 4:38:26 PM PDT by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
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To: bantam

Have they ever brought about an ending to anything?


13 posted on 10/24/2026 4:41:59 PM PDT by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
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To: Shady

Why yes, themselves.


14 posted on 10/24/2026 4:54:23 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: NoLibZone

The Palestinian flag has become the global shorthand for an intersectional, anti-Western coalition. In the current French climate, it serves three specific functions:

1. A Declaration of “Otherness”: For many in the immigrant-heavy banlieues, the Palestinian flag is not just a sign of solidarity with a foreign cause; it is a way to signal that their primary loyalties lie outside of the French nation. It is a visual rejection of assimilation.

By flying that flag, they are asserting that they are not part of a “French” struggle for better schools, but part of a global, anti-imperialist, and specifically anti-Western struggle.

2. The “Oppressor vs. Oppressed” Framework: The entire narrative of modern education in the West has been infiltrated by Critical Theory, which teaches that all power dynamics are a binary between the “oppressor” (the West, the State, the “White” establishment) and the “oppressed.” By grafting the Palestinian cause onto the school protests, agitators are telling the youth: “Your school is falling apart because the same ‘racist/colonial’ system that keeps Palestine down is keeping you down.” It frames the state not as a provider of services, but as an enemy to be fought.

3. A Magnet for Radical Coalitions: The flag acts as a beacon for the far-left, anarchist groups, and radicalized Islamist elements. These groups operate in a symbiotic, if not always formal, relationship. The anarchist groups provide the street-fighting expertise, while the radical Islamist elements provide the ideological fire. The flag links them all under a single banner of defiance against the Western order.

What’s happening in France is a warning to the USA. Decades of unassimilated immigration ( especially from Muslim countries ) will import the chaos on the streets of Paris here.


15 posted on 10/24/2026 5:35:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Well put. Point #2's "We're all on the same team" is so insidious.

Demoted Clouseau was right cracking down on unlicensed monkeys.

RevengePinkPantherMonkey

We see where letting them run amok has led.

16 posted on 10/24/2026 7:04:26 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Our ignorance fills an ocean; our knowledge a thimble. The trick is knowing their bounderies.)
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