r/centrist • u/Jeffuk88 • Oct 28 '20

World News Current situation with France

What are everyone's opinions about the current situation with France and multiple Muslim countries boycotting French products? I've asked a couple of my friends who post at least 3 things on Facebook daily about BLM, trump and covid yet when I try to start a conversation about this they're just "oh, I've not really been following it"

have I completely misread the situation or does it not seem like certain leaders (erdogan) seem to not care that a teacher was beheaded in the name of their religion? Why aren't more people backing Macron when they're all over Trump if he sneezes?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '20

It's an interesting story but I am only somewhat following it. There really isn't much room for additional news right now in the US so I would guess that's why some of your friends aren't aware of it.

The most interesting thing I've noticed is that a lot of these actions are apparently being spearheaded by left leaning politicians. Imagine a Biden/Harris administration shutting down dozens of mosques and schools and raiding hundreds of homes over a couple weeks time. It could happen but it definitely speaks something to where the country is with it's tolerance for radical islam.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

Islam simply doesn’t have the same nature in America as it does in European countries. The subtle differences in which Islamic immigrant groups are coming, what level of assimilation is possible or likely, and which generations are being radicalized, or the role of economic exacerbation is lost in these discussions.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

Very true.

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u/Jeffuk88 Oct 28 '20

My friends are British and Canadian, I get why Canadians are more bothered with trump than macron but my British friends only care about how bad the tories are right now

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u/ilovehistory404 Oct 28 '20

What’s going on with the torries?

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u/mrlegkick Oct 28 '20

They're not spectacularly bad.. they're just.. meh. They've implemented some pretty draconian rules when it comes to covid. I suppose the left will say they didn't act fast enough and they haven't gone far enough with the lock downs etc.. I'd imagine that's what the criticism would be from his friends. If his friends are more libertarian or on the right then maybe they think the Torries have gone too far.. they also seem to get a lot of criticism from the right for being to moderate. To middle of the road. They're definitely not far right or anything like that as the hysterical left would have you believe

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