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   Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 06:09:07 JST Laffy

   Now WE have to do the same.

   Via Kyle Griffin:

   One week in Europe:

   * Britain rejected the Conservative Party after 14 years in power.

   * France rejected the far-right, embracing a leftwing alliance with centrists.

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     Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 06:09:03 JST Parade du Grotesque 💀

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     @MsMissy @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff

     That is EXACTLY what happened.

     We had the prospect of a government so horrible and unhinged most French people stood up and said "no way".

     (Source: I am French)

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 06:09:05 JST Mastodon Migration

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     In France at least, the media was predicting a far right win.

     The media, and their billionaire oligarch owners, are not neutral arbiters of the news, and they are not on the side of the people or democracy.

     #VoteForDemocracy

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     Ms. Missy (msmissy@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 06:09:05 JST Ms. Missy

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     Maybe that's why people came out in droves in France and voted. They had the highest turnout in years.

     Perhaps an "inevitable" right wing takeover was so frightening that they came out and voted against it.

     Betsy Bee repeated this.