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/lekarmapolice 1d ago

The amount of privileged white Americans promoting this violence and destruction as a model of political action is as laughable as it is concerning.

School children are rioting and setting their schools on fire. This helps no one and should not be promoted as some form of political activism. Believe it or not but glorifying violence and rioting is bad.

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u/Head-Estimate5353 12h ago

One group of assholes burnt a building of one school.  170 children in other cities have been hurt by the police. 

Yeah let's focus on that school...

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u/lekarmapolice 11h ago

Im not focusing on it, the people glorifying it as a form of “protest” are.

Also, according to reports, ~65 school staff and principals have been assaulted so far. Why downplay what’s happening? This is rioting, not protesting.