The ban is in effect through Bastille Day in order to prevent “serious disturbances” to public order, the French government announced Sunday.

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    Maybe I don’t understand yet how posts on Lemmy work, but is there no link/source for this post?

    Edit: I can’t see it on desktop (lemmy dot world) and neither in Jerboa. Edit2: OP edited the post and included the link which now works. Seems the picture broke the link, according to OP.

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    This is some very ironic, animal farm energy here. The government has forgotten who gave them their power.

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      Well tbf the Storming of the Bastille was (off the top of my head) two monarchies, two empires and two republics ago. Not to mention any communes, committees of public safety, or directories. How can you blame them for getting confused?? /s

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    You can have my fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers. Which are over there, near the fireworks.

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    I know they did this to weaken protests, BUT… I’d say everywhere in the world would be a much better place if we banned fireworks forever.

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      It’s always struck me as rather odd that, in the US, one of our major holidays celebrating the military features fireworks considering how awful they can be for many veterans’ PTSD.

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        I mean when I set off some fireworks I am not trying to mess with some vet. You are right however, I should be more aware of this issue.

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        I’ve never met one Veteran that was against planned fireworks displays. It’s the backyard ones that are the issue.

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      Yes, France clearly needs the right to bear arms just like Iran does.

      Remember all the uproar happening in Iran last year? What happened? Did they topple their abusive regime without guns or foreign intervention?

      Everyone was calling them so brave and now it’s just silence.

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        The Iran thing was doomed to failure not because of guns but because of ideas.

        In a war between the strict version of an ideology and the less strict one the strict version is always going to win. The revolution in Iran was for diet Islam against real Islam.

        Look at the Russian, American, and French revolutions. It is trivial to name open atheists/diests/secularists in all three. Can you name a single one for Iran without hours of searching to find maybe one tik tok video?

        Ideas matter.

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        I don’t know about Iran’s gun rights to have much input on that comparison.

        From what I remember, I thought the protests were mainly by the youth in universities.

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    Roll out the guillotines! It’s time to get this party started already. It’s been long enough that the rich billionaires in the world meet their fate.

    Can you smell it? Revolution is coming.

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      lol, okay there. Let’s settle down and wipe the Doritos from your face, Chequito. This protest has very little to do with any sort of revolution, and even if it did, your next in line after Macron is currently Le Pen, who would simply make things even worse. So really, I don’t think you understand what the fuck you’re talking about.