DUH-MOCK-RACY: Give France's Macron the Finger Get Fined, Go to Jail
Macron has been touring the country to try to build support for his controversial pension reform
It’s a sick joke.
The great NATO governments who launch wars across the globe, invade and occupy foreign nations, and spend trillions to kill millions in the name of bringing “freedom and democracy” have done nothing by strip these freedoms from their own civilians.
Need more proof?
Three protesters in France who gave President Emmanuel Macron the middle finger face prison terms and fines for flipping him off during a recent trip to Selestat, a French town near the border with Germany.
The French Constitution pretends to recognize freedom of speech, it also explicitly allows legislation that would limit it, according to the Law Library of Congress. The three reportedly pleaded guilty to contempt of a person holding public authority, which is a vaguely defined law in the country critics say is intended to crush opposition.