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It all started with the tragic death of a teenage boy attending a village dance in southern France. Although the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, members of France’s ultra-right immediately…

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eerily similar to the Dublin riots a few nights ago: far-right men "protesting" in reaction to social media rumors of violence upon white citizens by immigrants. When have these types of xenophobic shows of force ever ended well?

[–] cuibono@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It caused me to pay attention to Ireland's news over the past few days which is how I've come to find that somebody just tried to hack an innocent stranger to death with a machete in Dublin yesterday. No riots or even protests though, so clearly you need a concerted effort to get that type of thing going and it's not just people getting angry at the news.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

No riots or even protests though

Probably because the victim was East European. It remains to be seen if the attacker was Irish fash but, regardless, the fash get no mileage out of this one.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Broken link, just get a permission denied.

e: although the site itself may be down.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Strange; I just tried the link and it worked.

Here’s a link to the whole topic page, “Europe,” and as of right now, this story is the first one listed. Maybe going to it that way will work? https://www.france24.com/en/europe/