ThatInternetGuy

I see the protests in France are trending. Since I just spent 10 days there during the heart of them, I figured I'd chime in with what's actually going on. The news and clickbait accounts on X will show you the outlier events: burning buildings, raging violence and everything that triggers you. I was in the heart of Aix en Provence during the biggest protest day and filmed the center where it was happening. (See below) This is right the University, across from the church, dead center of town. The students are dancing, singing, kicking soccer balls and have comically barricaded the entrance doors to force the school to close. I visited many cities in France during the protest period, and saw zero violence or malpractice of any kind. More broadly, I spent more than a month this year in France across 3 trips and 10+ cities, including Paris, Bordeaux, Aix en Provence, Nice, Antibes, Biarritz, and others, and it's incredibly safe, charming, peaceful and beautiful. Every city I visited is nicer than almost every American city, and there's zero comparison. So much that it wouldn't even be insulting to France to try, because nobody who has spent significant time in both countries would take this comparison seriously. I spoke with the students at length about their views. I also spoke with waiters, drivers, merchants, staff and whoever. They were all civil, well articulated and genuinely wanted to see change. We can disagree about their reasoning, logic or whatever, and it's true that France has fiscal problems, but to chalk up the France protests to raging extremist violence from "pick your favorite group to blame", is a laughable misrepresentation of what's actually going on. If you exclusively watch the news and believe the top 1% extreme situations, you have likely been psyoped.

🚨DEAR GOD!!!!!! A woman was just CAUGHT ON CAMERA punching and kicking another woman REPEATEDLY IN THE HEAD... ...right outside of an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Charlotte NC. No one tries to even stop her, they just stop and film. WHAT IS GOING ON IN CHARLOTTE NC?!!!!!!!

Queensland Hotel Association just posted this on their Instagram…

They just arrested a congressional candidate claiming he was antisemitic. 1776 2.0 is right around the corner.

Sure. End the program. I only ask that the government refunds my money in inflation-adjusted dollars.

I keep hearing the argument that boomers were forced to pay SSI, oh you mean like how Students are forced to take out loans for that massively inflated college payment bill? Sorry Boomers did you have a gun to your head? There will be no handouts.

If younger generations don't want Social Security to continue, I'm ok with it as long as we get back what we paid in with market interest rates compounded from the first day we paid into it, to be charged to the new generations. Retired people just want their money back.

🚨#BREAKING: The bodycam footage from the police officer who sh0t and k*lled the miniature donkey 'HeeHaw" in Georgia has been released. In his official report, the officer stated that the minature donkey "charged" at him. A K-9 handler then deployed his taser at HeeHaw, which, "did not deter the donkey"... Officer Garner then said: ..."so I removed my department issued Glock 17 from its holster and pointed it at the donkey. I then fired a single round striking the donkey,” Garner also wrote that he and K-9 units from multiple agencies “spooked” horses who ran away, but HeeHaw "charged" at them. Hannah, the owner, said he would NEVER charged at anyone and he constantly goes to petting zoos with kids and adults at NURSING HOMES and has never once "charged" at anyone. The bodycam footage seems to show the HeeHaw trotting up to the officers being extremely friendly.