Brickbat: Mon Dieu!

Charles Oliver | 4.6.2023 4:00 AM

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A woman in northern France, who wasn't named by the media, has been charged with "insulting the president of the republic" after calling French President Emmanuel Macron "filth" on Facebook. She faces a fine of up to €12,000 ($13,000) if found guilty.

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SQRLSY One 4 years ago

And what, pray tell, is the punishment for "insulting the president of the republic"?

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...wait for shit...

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Ye must go and EAT A SNAIL!!!!
1. Minadin 4 years ago
  
  The punishment is the subject of the second line of this 2-sentence article.
  1. Trollificus 4 years ago
    
    tl, dr Boomer
  2. markm23 4 years ago
    
    It's a joke, son.
2. Libertariantranslator 4 years ago
  
  Without so much as starving it first?
Jerryskids 4 years ago

How dare those filthy peasants insult their betters?

Meanwhile in Washington, every single pol just popped a stiffy.
1. Earth-based Human Skeptic 4 years ago
  
  Even the womynx?
  1. Quo Usque Tandem 4 years ago
    
    That would be a little stiffy, but no less virile.
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Adans smith 4 years ago

The Frogs are not known for their sense of humor, now the Germans,,,,,,,,
Sometimes a Great Notion 4 years ago

No additional charge for using an English insult instead of French? Sacrebleu!
Fist of Etiquette 4 years ago

The woman risks a fine of 12,000 euros but not prison if convicted...

And if she refuses to to pay the fine?
1. mad.casual 4 years ago
  
  "The borders of every country on Earth are a bondage in which we are all imprisoned." - Fiona Harrigan
  1. Earth-based Human Skeptic 4 years ago
    
    Imagine no possessions...
  2. Quo Usque Tandem 4 years ago
    
    If only I could up and move to the Congo....
2. SQRLSY One 4 years ago
  
  And if she refuses to to pay the fine?
  
  She will be force-fed snails and frog legs!!!
  1. Dillinger 4 years ago
    
    escargot is the yum.
  2. Libertariantranslator 4 years ago
    
    Frog legs?? Someone installed the guillotine BACKWARDS?!
Dillinger 4 years ago

sacre bleu!
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2. TheReEncogitationer 4 years ago
  
  Oh Merde!
Vernon Depner 4 years ago

This would be funnier if she were Muslim.
1. Public Entelectual 4 years ago
  
  As the Directoire used to say, Laissez les bon tetes roulez!
  1. Libertariantranslator 4 years ago
    
    ...rouler. Same verb, different mood.
    1. Vernon Depner 4 years ago
      
      French verbs are always in a bad mood.
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Brian 4 years ago

You can get all the free healthcare you want... just as long as you think the right thoughts.
Libertariantranslator 4 years ago

Nothing wrong with the model or the photo, but think of the 'took Bagge could've come up with to illustrate the mess. A London correspondent to the NY Sun commented on the French of October 1894, saying they will fling themselves before an antisocialist: "They will acclaim the man who allows them to go quietly to sleep and wake without uneasiness; hence pretenders, impatient or otherwise, may be advised to say not that they love liberty, but that they love force: not fraternity, but authority; not equality, but obedience." Vichy France arrived 46 years later.
Brandybuck 4 years ago

Could be worse. She could have suggested a woodchipper.
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In Canis Credimus 4 years ago

I lived in France for a while, this will be laughed out of court by the presiding judge. I wouldn't panic for her if I were you.
markm23 4 years ago

Is truth a defense?
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