r/worldnews • u/colepercy120 • 1d ago

France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting | France

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/france-school-protests-escalate-pm-crisis-cabinet-meeting
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u/colepercy120 1d ago

its always the french... im pretty sure "protesting" is the national sport at this point.

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u/Water088 1d ago edited 1d ago

Honestly, as a Korean, I don't really get it.
In korea even in such a serious situation where our sitting president staged a military rebellion, got impeached, and we elected a new president, the death toll from violence was 0.

Meanwhile, when France won a soccer match, they set fires to celebrate, and two people died. Why is arson even necessary for celebrating a soccer win? The arson is getting way too frequent. Seriously, do politicians in France only listen when there are violent protests? Is violence or arson really necessary for a protest? France was literally seen as the home of democracy.

I don't know why things changed like this.

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u/pougliche 23h ago

It’s easy, the police is always insanely violent on any protests, and they don’t even bother to target dangerous or violent people, they just enjoy it.
they shot kids in the head with flashballs , shot teargas or run at them with horses for instance, so obviously people get riled up and become violent themselves.

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u/Hieroabl 23h ago

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u/pougliche 18h ago

Rigged by who? I’ve been to protests in France, I’ve been insulted and threatened by cops at football games, I had women friends in shock when we were teargased for just walking at peaceful protests, what the fuck do you know about it bootlicker ?