Very sincerely, are the unspeakable attacks of Brigitte Macron's great-nephew or the mayor of Saint-Brévin a surprise when, for weeks, some have been fanning the fire. When you hear calls to break everything, turn everything upside down. When an elected official poses with the head of a minister as a balloon. When another promises – but it is with humour, he justifies – that we could behead the head of state, when we slap him — and this time really — or when we call a minister a murderer without batting an eyelid? Words and threats are dropped in the public sphere without any restraint. But these words slumber and make do in the least constructed minds who end up taking them literally and taking action. We no longer just insult, we now strike.
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