Blazingcatfur

Amid all the leftist and Muslim rioting in France, the guardians of the old leftist order looked as if they were on the ropes. As the government and police seemed unable to stop the violence, France looked ever closer to becoming either an Islamic republic or electing Marine Le Pen president and fighting back strongly against Islamization. But then an incident unfolded that seemed tailor-made to the left’s narrative that the problem in French society (and Western societies in general) is really “right-wing extremists,” not Muslim or leftist rioters. There was just one problem: it exploded almost immediately. But will that stop Macron and his henchmen from exploiting it for all it’s worth, and then some? Almost certainly not.

For a few heady weeks, the unrest in France was the left-liberal commentariat’s favourite kind of story. Here, apparently, were idealistic teenagers rising up like in 1968 – though this time against crumbling classrooms and the cost of living. Then the town hall in Limoges went up in flames on 17 October, the looting began in earnest, and the riots spread to other European cities.