Social conservatives are mobilizing in France, leading to talk of a tea party

Washington Post ^ | Anthony Faiola

[Mount Athos]

Is le tea party brewing in France?

Initially a reaction to a same-sex marriage law passed last year, the movement has morphed into the most sustained mobilization of social conservatives here in more than a generation.

A reinvigorated right delivered a devastating blow to Hollande in Sunday’s local elections across the country.

Tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets in repeated protests, many for the first time in their lives. They are organizing assemblies and social-media campaigns even as some angry newcomers run against incumbents on the right whom they consider not socially conservative enough.

A continent already hit by economic upheaval is confronting a wave of bitter societal polarization over a host of issues such as euthanasia, abortion and same-sex marriage.

The conservative revolution here is far more social than fiscal.

Organizers groused about liberal policies taking root in French schools, saying that a boy had been “forced” to dress up as a princess for a school party, and that books circulating among children now include one called “Daddy Wears a Dress.”

“I voted for Hollande, but never again will I vote Socialist,” said Salah, a factory worker who kept his four children home from elementary school for that day in January to protest new lessons. “They are backing policies that are affecting our children. I now understand that they have betrayed us.”

[jsanders2001]

First order of business - Boot the Muzzies out.

[Army Air Corps]

The FN pretty much runs on that platform.

[jtal]

Is the Eldest Daughter of the Church awakening from a 225 year nap?

[JSDude1]

AWESOME if true!

[ZULU]

It may well be that France will be more conservative in 2020 than the US.

We have seen it today in Russia.

Here in the US we have a permanent underclass of social parasites who will vote into office any Obama, Hillary or Biden who comes along.

[Migraine]

Allons enfants...

[OneWingedShark]

Here in the US we have a permanent underclass of social parasites who will vote into office any Obama, Hillary or Biden who comes along.

Blaming them is not right, not when the evidence suggests concerted movement to certain political positions, that is to say that "Democrat" and "Republican" are functionally the same political entity: the Uniparty.

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[Migraine]

N’est-il pas le thé partie?

au lait, au lait-au lait-au lait...

[OneWingedShark]

The FN pretty much runs on that platform.

I kinda like the idea of an FN Party:

[Jimmy Valentine]

As long as they are “Girondists” and not “Jacobins”. “a bas les aristos”!

[Mount Athos]

A lot of them are “muslims”.

p.s. girondists advocated initiating a massive war against many countries to spread the revolution

[Army Air Corps]

There ya go!

[cloudmountain]

Why not hope both gain? Why should it be a contest.

Obama's promise was HOPE and CHANGE. I can see that you didn't get his message either.

[cloudmountain]

I think cloudmountain meant the comment ["You may be right. I hope not."] in reply to this portion of my own post: "any republican victory may well be meaningless given that party's near-uniform lack of drive for stated platform-planks. "

What I meant to say is that I hope the GOP gets its act together all the way around. I hope it will have a clear, lucid, meaningful, pro-USA platform that we can all like and vote for.

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify myself.