This is the Thought Police, brought to you by the people who invoke 1984 when their putrid opinions get called out on the internet.

To be fair, I’m not sure what Obama did to deserve this…

Yeah that’s a nice reaction, the other dude wasn’t being a jerk so no need to make him feel bad about it.

Empathy, like tolerance, should really be considered a social contract. If he doesn’t have empathy for the less fortunate than him, I have a really hard time having empathy for him.

Nah, he (and Trump) will say we’re being unreasonable and he’s bombing Ukrainian children because of us.

Ouais moi je psychote dès que SUV devant moi accélère et balance des particules fines direct dans les bronches de mes gosses, ça se passe comment pour mon chèque ?

Ben apparemment il se vante auprès de membres du gouvernement d’armer illégalement ses sbires, donc ouais j’y crois moyen.

In this day and age I’d recommend against pirating your OS. How can you be sure the hack you’re using is legit? And that MS won’t cut off your access to security updates in the future?

That’s great! It requires a bit of research and adjustment but it’s well worth it.

If you’re using Windows, you’ve paid for it one way or another.

There’s a conspiracy theory going around that the music industry execs colluded to heavily promote gangsta rap over social-conscious rap during the 90’s, so that young black people would turn to a life of crime and fill up prisons, as they had recently invested in the nascent private prison industry.

The only “proofs” are anonymous testimonies by self-described industry insiders, but the fact that rap wasn’t always about gangsta culture is real.

Alors c’est pas du tout le même budget, mais un bon vélo électrique ça roule à 25 km/h sans effort ou presque. Je prends même pas la peine de changer de pignon sur le mien, quel que soit le degré de la pente, et je suis loin d’être un grand sportif.

Non la laïcité c’est simplement que l’état n’a pas le droit de t’interdire de pratiquer ta religion, et doit te protéger contre ceux qui voudraient t’en empêcher. L’état lui même doit être neutre en terme de religions, mais le prosélytisme est autorisé, y’a qu’à voir les témoins de Jéhovah avec leurs petits présentoirs un peu partout…

Y’a aussi le nouvel an chinois ou encore la fête de Ganesh où des processions religieuses sur la voie publique sont autorisées. Le fait de prier sur la voie publique n’est pas interdit, mais on ne peut pas bloquer une rue sans autorisation. Après c’est possible que les autorisations soient accordées plus facilement aux uns qu’aux autres…

Ouais fin là c’est par an, en mangeant Arnault on aura déjà faim au bout de deux ans. Après on peut essayer hein, je suis pas opposé à l’idée non plus.

But tbh ignoring history and crying “it wasn’t me, I shouldn’t feel bad” is short-sighted and how y’all got here in the first place.

That’s not what I’m saying. Sure there are a lot of people like that in France and in Europe. Still, France gives billions of euros each year to developing countries, and welcomes quite a few refugees. This very post is about France and others fighting for the rights of Palestinians. As it should.

But you know what’s equally short-sighted? Saying that Islam is totally harmless, and that white people are the cause of all problems. And honestly, that’s the vibe I’m getting from these answers.

Yes I did learn about colonialism in school. I don’t get your point though. I should personally be ashamed, and tolerate people teaching their little kids to light girls’ hair on fire, because of colonialism? How is that different from demanding every Muslim to apologize for terrorist attacks?

My children are half-cambodian, just this week my 7yo was told to go back to her country by some asshole kid at her school. The normalisation of the far-right and the prospect of a RN presidency is a huge concern for me, as is the fact that the left calls me a racist when I mention the very real Islam-related issues I personally encountered.

No, I’m saying that if only the Nazis talk about an issue, people who are concerned about this issue will listen to them, and then vote for them. Which is obviously bad, so I’d very much like the left to pull their head from the sand and face the problems caused by Islam, like they faced the problems caused by Christianity, so that we come up with a sensible and compassionate alternative to the terrible things the RN proposes.

Sure but we don’t have christians or Jews decapitating teachers for showing pictures, or otherwise trying to impose their beliefs and customs on others. I mean, we had quite a few Christians like that, but we mostly fixed the issue when we hung dozens of priests. The left remembers this fondly, while you can’t say anything negative about Islam without being called a bigot.

Sure, the right sees them that way. I don’t, and I’m far from alone. I have many Muslim friends and colleagues, wonderful people that I look up to, and with whom I’ve had very interesting conversations about religion. Up until last year I accommodated my BIL as best as I could, making sure there were appropriate food and drinks options for him, providing him with a room to pray in, and so on. I have absolutely no problem with religious people, as long as respect and understanding goes both ways.

But as you say, there are radical Muslims, and it’s not racist to be concerned about this issue and its consequences. A teacher was decapitated for showing fucking pictures to his class, because a student lied to her father who was all too happy to launch a hate campaign against the teacher. Many people cheered at the news on social networks. In my daughter’s school, a fucking 6yo was caught lighting a girl’s hair on fire because girls are supposed to cover their hair. Is that not concerning?

But sure, you can dismiss it all as islamophobia, and then wonder why more and more people vote for the RN.