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In reply to the discussion: More than 50% of those in France ICU's are younger than 60. [View all]Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)41. It's supposed to be a socioeconomic movement, but they have large alt-right faction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement#Concerns_about_extremist_elements_in_the_movement
Concerns about extremist elements in the movement
Concerns that the yellow vests movement were providing a new forum for extremist views were more frequently reported in the media after Alain Finkielkraut was insulted in week XIV. Vincent Duclert [fr], an expert on anti-Semitism, said that while "the gilets jaunes are not an anti-Semitic movement, each Saturday there are anti-Semitic expressions by groups of the extreme right or extreme left." Jean-Yves Camus, an expert on French political extremism, identified an "inherent weakness of a movement that lets the people speak" as being that anyone (whether far left, far right, radical Islamist or anti-Zionist) can say whatever they want in the street with little concern for propriety or legality.
Finkielkraut, interviewed by BFM-TV, was especially concerned with the viral nature of what he called a new type of "anti-racist" anti-Semitism. He named Dieudonné and Alain Soral as those responsible for propagating this new form of anti-Semitism.
According to a study conducted in February 2019, half of all yellow vest protesters (50%) said they believed in a "global Zionist conspiracy".
Concerns about extremist elements in the movement
Concerns that the yellow vests movement were providing a new forum for extremist views were more frequently reported in the media after Alain Finkielkraut was insulted in week XIV. Vincent Duclert [fr], an expert on anti-Semitism, said that while "the gilets jaunes are not an anti-Semitic movement, each Saturday there are anti-Semitic expressions by groups of the extreme right or extreme left." Jean-Yves Camus, an expert on French political extremism, identified an "inherent weakness of a movement that lets the people speak" as being that anyone (whether far left, far right, radical Islamist or anti-Zionist) can say whatever they want in the street with little concern for propriety or legality.
Finkielkraut, interviewed by BFM-TV, was especially concerned with the viral nature of what he called a new type of "anti-racist" anti-Semitism. He named Dieudonné and Alain Soral as those responsible for propagating this new form of anti-Semitism.
According to a study conducted in February 2019, half of all yellow vest protesters (50%) said they believed in a "global Zionist conspiracy".
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Yes... sadly the French people's stubbornness about giving up cigarettes may be exacting a cost.
hlthe2b
Mar 2020
#4
In china, many men smoke. That may have skewed the ratio of men to women dying
applegrove
Mar 2020
#14
yet the French enjoy second highest longevity in the world. Americans need to focus on their calorie
Cetacea
Mar 2020
#20
You get dead a lot quicker if you need to be in an ICU but none are available
Steven Maurer
Mar 2020
#16
Being outside the ICU because there aren't enough beds can be a death sentence. n/t
pnwmom
Mar 2020
#46
to me it's not the cases under 60. It's the ICU part. We have been told under 60 and it will
mucifer
Mar 2020
#12
To make a bad situation worse, the Yellow Jackets are breaking the mass-gathering ban
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
#15
It's supposed to be a socioeconomic movement, but they have large alt-right faction
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
#41
She issued a correction - it's 50% of the 300 serious cases, not all ICUs.
TwilightZone
Mar 2020
#28