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The Spaceshipper 🚀
@thespaceshipper.com

Tough luck—I’m missing the big protests in France two weekends in a row, first because of a wedding and then my nephew’s 20th birthday. My wife: “Protests are banned anyway.” Me: “That can’t be right—it’s a fundamental right, and there’s very little violence here.” *I check* 🔽

The Spaceshipper 🚀
@thespaceshipper.com

We’re right in the thick of this famous Nemik quote. Every day brings some new bit of madness. The rule of law is weakened. I didn’t think this would happen until next summer. 🤷

The Spaceshipper 🚀
@thespaceshipper.com

In the end, because of a storm sweeping across France, all the trains were canceled, and I had to go home. So now I CAN go to the banned protest. Now I want to go just because it’s banned, and that’s driving me crazy. 🤭

The Spaceshipper 🚀
@thespaceshipper.com

Why I no longer have the right to protest in my city: Last Saturday, six people were arrested (1 for vandalism, 2 for participating in an unlawful assembly, 2 for setting off fireworks, and 1 for participating in an unlawful assembly and contempt of authority). That’s it.

The Spaceshipper 🚀
@thespaceshipper.com

After I wrote my posts, a guy carried out a terrorist attack specifically targeting people of color. We’d already had anti-Semitic attacks, but not ones based on skin color. Of course, we’ll never have proof that the shameful media coverage of what’s happening is making people paranoid and violent.

Crimson
@crimsonruari.bsky.social

Madness. That’s hardly anyone, assuming your city has more than like… a thousand people in it. Wild and frustrating that options in so many countries have been “the normal authoritarianism-prone, money-oriented politician” and “the absolutely mad fascist.”

Kalum 🔜 Dragonmeet
@rolistespod.itch.io

We were afraid of the sort of totalitarian measures would result from RN brought power through Macron's mess... ...and Macron's ilk is pre-emptively killing civil liberties as part of their dying breath. Disgusting.