PARIS (AP) — Inspired by Barack Obama, the French first lady and other leading figures say it’s high time for France to stamp out racism and shake up a white political and social elite that smacks of colonial times. A manifesto published Sunday — subtitled “Oui, nous pouvons!”, the French translation of Obama’s campaign slogan “Yes, we can!” — urges affirmative action-like policies and other steps to turn French ideals of equality into reality for millions of blacks, Arabs and other alienated minorities. “Our prejudices are insidious,” Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a singer and wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy, said in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.
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French say 'Yes, we can!' to ending racism
Published: Sunday, November 9, 2008
Updated: Sunday, November 9, 2008
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blahblahblahblahYet again the anti-tolerance movement is out in full force. Do you honestly think Islam is the only religion that preaches hate, violence, intolerance and misogyny? You obviously haven't been in Free Speech Alley on a Tuesday recently...All religions have hateful, cult-like, WRONG sects, but that does not mean they represent the whole. And Christians can certainly be terrorists as well, perhaps you have heard of the KKK, the White League, or maybe Timothy McVeigh?? All of those people claim(ed) to be Christian. Though I hope you would not agree that their actions are in the model of Jesus Christ. Open your eyes and realize that just because there are some people who use religion inappropriately it does not mean that the entire religion is defunct.And just as a side note, if all of Islam was a war mongering hate machine, the followers probably would have taken over by now seeing as they have 2 billion people on their side. I think you need to be a little more logical.
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Woah woah woah. You don't think Christianity is a veiled political ideology? Look around you. You can see it misused every day.The key thing to remember is that extremists who misuse Islam for violent political ends are just that: misusing it as extremists, just as Christian extremists use the Bible to undermine religious freedom here in America.
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Someone needs to re-read their Bible.
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Because Islam is a political ideology cloaked as a religion.The ONLY "religion" that commands the mass-murder of other people - "Infidels" - is Islam. That's a political ideology akin to Naziism, it is NOT a religion.
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you are finished by the "religion" of War, Hate, Racism, Bigotry, Violence, Mass-Murder, and uber-Misogyny. Why put religion in quotes? Those qualities seem pretty typical of religion.
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Islam = Hate
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Islam is a religion of War, Hate, Violence, Mass-Murder and Misogyny. The "French" Mohammedans are RUINING France. Get rid of the Mohammedans, France, or you are finished by the "religion" of War, Hate, Racism, Bigotry, Violence, Mass-Murder, and uber-Misogyny.
Ben Dover
I think roughly translated, she said, "White flag! France surrenders!"
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I don't know what everyone is so riled up about. The growing Islamic population in France is doing a great deal for their economy and racial diversity. The country is growing in GDP and general prosperity, not faltering. Islam is a religion of peace and submission, and the French Muslims are helping the country overcome its long-held problems of race and social barriers.
Polly Vu Francis
The French are @$$holes.
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Carla Bruni is an upper-class idiot. She lives in a palace - all other indigenous French do not. And the Islamic immigration Demographics are killing France.
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Carla Bruni is an upper-class idiot. She lives in a palace - all other indigenous French do not. And the Islamic immigration Demographics are killing France.
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Does this chick speak for Sarkozy? If there are any "prejudices" left in France, they are not insidious, they are the only thing that can save France from annihilation. History, 1940, is banging on France's door, not with tanks this time, but with bodies.
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That's what they get for embracing tolerance, well known as a cornerstone of radical Islam. Wait, what?
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France's troubles are only just beginning, and there's nothing they can do about it. It's too late for them now. Good bye, France.
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And so the Islamization of Dhimmi France continues.




