We really need news outlets to stop making dead fascists sound like they somehow did good things. The only good thing Le Pen did was die. - ThreadSky

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xanindigo.bsky.social • 52 days ago

We really need news outlets to stop making dead fascists sound like they somehow did good things. The only good thing Le Pen did was die.

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A pugnacious mix of populism, eloquence and charisma, Le Pen helped re-write the parameters of French politics in a career spanning 40 years that reut.rs/3Wa1PNQ

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krovris.bsky.social•52 days ago

I really wanna see what they’d write for hitler or kim jong-il. I bet it would be SUPER flattering.

asleepywanderer.bsky.social•52 days ago

It's so weird to have lived through the normalisation of Le Pen. I remember thinking 2002 would only be a blip.

xanindigo.bsky.social•52 days ago

It’s honestly horrifying how so many places in the world have essentially this same story. Far right extremists being normalised and legitimised.

asleepywanderer.bsky.social•52 days ago

It hits me a lot harder with Le Pen because it's been the same family since I was a kid. I remember the way we talked about him back then so well, and it's so shocking to see where things are now.

xanindigo.bsky.social•52 days ago

Oh, of course. I can imagine how surreal that would all feel.

johant.bsky.social•52 days ago

He used to be a torturer then turned racist demagogue spreading hate in France and beyond. Unfortunately with success because racism and fascism are stronger than ever in France and Europe. Truly despicable creature. Truly despicable media who celebrate this success of hate and racism as a career.

danielaegan.bsky.social•52 days ago

The only kind of good fascist….

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