President Macron’s Awful Speech About the Red-Green Revolution
French President Emmanuel Macron finally spoke about the days of violent rioting that culminated in the destruction of a beautiful 145-year-old Town Hall, looting, and existential damage to local businesses. In his remarkable speech today, he claimed they didn’t know the cause, but they must listen to the protesters, most of whom were peaceful. Macron still insists it’s a student protest. He completely ignored the communist-Islamist revolution.
He pushed off blame. He is to blame.
Why would they do it?
“Fellow citizens, I am speaking to you tonight in a time of considerable gravity. Since yesterday, around France, in mainland France and in its overseas territories, we have seen groups from the far left, joined by a number of delinquents and criminals, breaking out in extreme violence throughout our nation. Shops were broken into, public buildings were attacked, and in some instances destroyed. Hundreds of police officers were wounded. In seeing the images that we have all seen, we can all think: What are they thinking? How can they do this to France? Why would they set the town hall of Limoges alight? Why would they attack the residence of the prefect? Why would they do this? Nothing can justify their actions. Nothing can explain their actions, and nothing can excuse them.”
Macron can’t seem to figure out why they are doing it. He said he feels bad for those who suffered through the “chaos.” Chaos? Most people see it as a communist revolution brought about by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s radical left Party.
Macron is not sure why they are doing what they are doing, but he will find out.
“The government will provide them with answers, and as of tomorrow, the prime minister will preside over a crisis unit to find answers as fast as possible to provide support for those people who are facing considerable hardship. But we need to have a clear mind of what happened yesterday: the law enforcement agencies did their best, and yet they faced considerable violence. So I’ve asked the government to learn as much as they can from what has come to pass and to implement actions for the future. And I am waiting for very clear solutions.”
He promised justice and repercussions for the lawbreakers, but if the past is prologue, that won’t happen. He complained about the “Persian war,” forgetting to mention that his ally, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, is the one bombing the Russian refineries they rely on for diesel.
Then he said we must listen to the youth and not minimize the hardships they face.
“The youth of our nation are expressing great anguish and concern about the future, the conditions of where their careers will take them, what role they will be able to play in society. They say that the future that they have is not one that we could desire, and I hear what they are saying. For the past 10 years, I’ve been fighting for them, so we need to pay heed to what they’re saying, and we mustn’t minimize the hardships that they are facing. “
His plan is to listen to the angry people, meet with trade unions, politicians, professional organizations, and do more of the same, such as continuing to ban certain gatherings. That hasn’t worked so far.
He will “call for calm,” and “prefects will work with mayors” to protect buildings, which also hasn’t worked.
He talked of using his “firm hand,” and, after pretending it is still a student protest, he said this:
“France is a powerful democracy. We have to believe in debate, in public reunions and meetings. It must be done with political parties and not through violence in the streets; it must be done through television, media, through journalism, where we can speak respectfully with each other, but never through disorder and never through looting.”
For me, it’s time to start shooting, figuratively speaking. It’s time for deportations, imprisonment, and shooting violent criminals (literally) if necessary. An investigation into Jean-Luc is imperative.
The French have one option: vote for Marine Le Pen and pray it’s not too late.
A most remarkable speech. It was awful.
You can watch the video here, but it’s painful.
Image: Brigitte Macron and Emmanuel Macron – November 2018 (1541931666) (cropped).jpg Wikimedia Commons
