tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8123569912637690522..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: scandale a la française and meet the next sulphurOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-55106522732450217242011-11-29T11:47:55.547-05:002011-11-29T11:47:55.547-05:00She is a Rascist !! she claims to be fostering dem...She is a Rascist !! she claims to be fostering democracy while she is not !! how can she be a polititian if she hates Islam and ore than 50% of her country's economy is from muslim Countries. I a a muslim myself and I think she should shut her big mouth Up and Keep her opinion to her self !! We dont Need ore Bitchy People in the world. We have enough and she is all of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67567321520422797132011-05-19T00:39:33.966-04:002011-05-19T00:39:33.966-04:00I think it's because Marine Le Pen is demagogi...I think it's because Marine Le Pen is demagogically attacking the "elite," although, in essence she doesn't meant it; it's a ploy to win susceptible people to her ultra-right group.<br />It's convenient at a time when people are hurting economically - losing jobs, benefits, etc. Blame the "elite," but really whip up hostility to immigrants, especially from the Middle East and Africa, and Roma people, too, as I recall.<br /><br />In the 1930s after the 1929 stock market crash, during the Great Depression, right-wingers blamed the "Jews," "Jewish bankers and brokers." So Jews were scapegoated.<br /><br />I agree that Latinos/as are scapegoated in the U.S. as Muslims and Arabs are in Western Europe. They are being blamed for allegedly taking jobs and other horrors.<br /><br />There is so much violence directed against the Latino/a community, especially immigrants, true. And now the horrible, restrictive laws and attacks on Ethnic Studies in Arizona, the laws in Arizona and now Georgia, allowing police to stop anyone and check documents, which is aimed against Latinos/as.<br /><br />Another thing I just read in the NY Times about Marine Le Pen is that she's using the scandal with the Socialist Party leading figure, Strauss Kahn, to attack "the elite," and allegedly champion women's rights -- which she does not in reality. It's more demagogy.<br /><br />I wish that the Socialist Party leadership would come out strongly against sexual molestation and harassment, very strongly, so the rightwing can't grab onto that issue and pretend to be for women when they aren't. I hope they do that, the men as well as the women.<br /><br />Bernard Levi is defending Strauss Kahn. He defended Roman Polanski; enough said for me. Women should really take this head on and push as hard as they can on this and be heard. And left and liberal men should agree with then.<br /><br />The ultra-right will just take advantage of any issue they can, and folks have to stand up to them.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-64073511880046071012011-05-18T11:39:04.959-04:002011-05-18T11:39:04.959-04:00Sorry I've been having trouble commenting on B...Sorry I've been having trouble commenting on Blogger. It's allergic to my replies! Beth you bring up a good analogy - in a way the Hispanics in the US are like the Arabs in France, a huge segment of the population that's still regarded as a fringe minority. Lil, I think historically this is true and under the US radar, that's why I wrote this to show Marine Le Pen's pull on people's deep rooted fears. kathy d like the Tea Party here.<br />It's disturbing to see on French TV news that now she's being asked her comments on everything ie DSK. it's a sad sign of the times<br />thanks - CaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-86202147698043973872011-05-17T21:21:29.676-04:002011-05-17T21:21:29.676-04:00Well, the ultra-right in France, as in other count...Well, the ultra-right in France, as in other countries, like the Tea Party in the U.S., know how to use demagagy, except here they're not attacking the millionaires, Big Oil, Big Health Insurance, Big Auto, who are making money like crazy, while people are unemployed, underemployed, losing benefits, homes, and faced with rising costs on every front.<br /><br />Racism, as anti-Semitism, are used to make scapegoats, instead of pointing at those who are benefitting by economic policies.<br /><br />I read an article about Marine Le Pen where she said that it's not "the Jews," who are now the problem, but "immigrants." How modern of her to switch from anti-Semitism (which is still embedded, I'm sure) to anti-immigrantism, anti-Middle-Eastern or African peoples, and anti-Islam attitudes.<br /><br />I'm rather shocked a leftist friend gave her any credence. (It may be because she throws in a bit of anti-rich demagogy, which is phony.) No one in the U.S. who is a leftist or even a liberal Democrat would give the Tea Party or anyone in the ultra-right one bit of credibility, especially on racism.<br /><br />I hope the Socialist Party is finding new candidates. It sounds like this Strauss Kahn has just covered up (and the media helped him) bad behavior for years. The U.S. press often does, too, but then brings it up at opportune times, even consenting behavior between adults, which is not right, but it's not an assault, a felony. <br /><br />Arnold Schwarzenegger's sexual harassment of women during his campaign was raised, and then covered up. Now it's coming up again, after he's out of office, having harmed health care, education and services for elderly, disabled and poor people in his state.<br /><br />I hope everybody in France can see through the Le Pen demagogy and get together to oppose anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant racism. There was a terrific march of a million people in recent years in France in support of immigrant rights.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-86427083161404819082011-05-17T20:19:31.673-04:002011-05-17T20:19:31.673-04:00Democracy is the goal of the poor and the disenfra...Democracy is the goal of the poor and the disenfranchised. Majority rule is only good if the majority belong to the class which believes it has the right to rule. <br /><br />In the US and most European countries, the birth rate among the immigrant populations has soared while, in the case of the United States, that of the white majority has fallen to the point that in a few years, the majority will be of Hispanic origin. The right is fighting for its life and it fights dirty. How can a debate be won against a member of the opposition when they make up facts and figures and recite nightmare scenarios that have no basis in truth?<br /><br />In the US, those who are white, middle-class, and Republican view themselves as rulers by Divine Right. What bothers me so much is that many who are in that group got there by benefiting from the policies and programs of Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society. They have forgotten who they are and they don't want to help anyone else get a leg up on the ladder of success.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25811479481017486712011-05-17T14:00:08.219-04:002011-05-17T14:00:08.219-04:00This is so strange. While one part of the world se...This is so strange. While one part of the world seems to be trying for democracy, others seem to be going in the other direction. I am appalled that France and the United States are peopled by so many reactionary folks where liberty, equality, and brotherhood are being negated. The two countries that symbolized freedom. Following Tim's piece on Sunday, this is disturbing.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84122139777846669102011-05-17T11:51:01.410-04:002011-05-17T11:51:01.410-04:00Cara, there is a certain symmetry to your piece th...Cara, there is a certain symmetry to your piece that drives me to suggest a different title: "Dominique Strauss Kahn off to Le Pen."Jeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.com