He speaks a lot and writes no less. We can therefore blame Jean-Luc Mélenchon for many things, but certainly not for moving forward masked. The scandal? It is the "pedestal of success", said Balzac, and the Unsubmissive, who likes to accompany it with a touch of narcissism, knows its classics. It is enough then to use the good old Trotskyist method of fascinating any opponent. Thus Yonathan Arfi, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France, and experienced anti-racist activist, was, on the day of the commemoration of the Vél d'Hiv' roundup, accused of being "far right". This profane form of excommunication takes a turn here as indecent as delusional. But, in truth, all those who do not espouse Mr. Mélenchon's rhetoric suffer the same outrage. The Republic? That's him! The "far right"? It's all those who are not with him.
It would be wrong, however, to see in this anti-fascism in a state of intoxication a road trip...
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