French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, February 14, urged calm and restraint after the fatal beating of a 23-year-old French youth aligned with the far-right on the sidelines of a conference by a hard-left lawmaker in the southeastern city of Lyon.

The death of the young man – identified only as Quentin – has intensified tensions between France’s far-right and radical left who are both eyeing 2027 presidential elections.

He had been hospitalized in Lyon on Thursday after being attacked while providing what his supporters said was security for a protest against an appearance by hard-left MEP Rima Hassan at the Lyon branch of the Sciences Po university.

  • fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    So you think it makes more sense to target the symptom rather than the cause?

    You’re not just advocating for this because it’s easier and more convenient than going after the source?

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      5 hours ago

      The last time fascism rose globally 70 million people died. Fascism is a cancer that needs to be cut out and destroyed or it will multiply and destroy everything and everyone in its path. It’s global cancer

    • Crankenstein@lemmy.world
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      Fuck your false dichotomy bullshit.

      You can treat the symptoms while working to cure the cause. The two are not mutually exclusive and each has merit.