"
I have lived for hours a surge of hatred
." The first time
Le Figaro
had contacted him, the day after Eric Zemmour's meeting in Nantes on October 30, Tanguy David had already admitted having received many offensive or racist messages. His appearance behind the scenes during the candidate's performance, broadcast on television channels, had earned him many scathing comments from anonymous Internet users mocking the presence of a black at this political event. Since then, despite the support he has received and although he has threatened to file a complaint on several occasions, the law student responsible for a local branch of the Generation Z movement says he has received many other messages of insults. ,some containing real threats.
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"
This crazy nigga here
" (sic) had first posted a first user on Twitter.
"
But nigga there's a pb ...
" added another.
Many other insulting messages still alluded to the supposed incompatibility between his ethnic origins and his political engagement.
But this harassment campaign has taken a different turn since Eric Zemmour's meeting in Villepinte, this Sunday, December 5. “
The campaign of hatred against me is unacceptable and is taking on enormous proportions,
” he confides in
Le Figaro
. Indeed, once again installed behind the candidate to show him his support, and visible on many shots made by the journalists present on the spot, he wrote on his Twitter account in allusion to the insult messages received previously:
"The" black behind Zemmour ”, it was me. And I am proud. What fervor, what atmosphere, what awe-inspiring Éric Zemmour. Those who are embarrassed by my presence can leave, France will do without them. "
Since then, this tweet has received numerous replies and quotes, almost all punctuated with racist or threatening messages. "
I have 3000 more since yesterday
" confides the activist. Who adds, still in shock: “
I did not actually expect it, especially when I was threatened with beheading.
"Among these messages, too numerous to be consulted in full, some Internet users compare him to a slave, others call him"
the sold one
", very many messages label him with the term"
house nigger
"..."
your family in the village must be ashamed of you, it's serious
”writes another more inspired Internet user. "
Wallah we're going to behead you
", Received Tanguy David again, between two messages promising to"
find him
".
The young activist is the guest this Monday evening of the program Touche pas à mon poste, to testify to the insults and repeated threats to which he has been the subject since Sunday.
He indicated that these messages will systematically be the subject of a complaint.