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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
What I find weird about this is that I didn’t see anything that was particularly offensive in the ceremonies. I’m not far right in my politics, nor am I far left. In fact I would categorize myself as centre right, but not close-minded.
Regardless, nothing there was anything that you wouldn’t see on everyday television in Canada, though I can’t say that I know the norms of France’s media.
IMHO, anybody on the fringe ends of politics knows that they are, and thus become more activist than “concerned citizen”. I suspect that they are far less offended than they are proclaiming in public, and therefore it is difficult to take any of it seriously. It all reminds me of the meaningless bluster that is everyday US politics. Outrage because I’m supposed to be outraged, because my brand of politics requires me to be outraged…  |
Dunno if they showed you everything on Canadian television. There are three things in the ceremony that have triggered a controversy in France:
1- beheaded Marie-Antoinette on the façade of the Conciergerie, which was gruesome, tactless, and bad taste considering the way this poor woman was treated by the Revolutionary Tribunal, especially the year in which the French lawyer who brought an end to the death penalty by guillotine in France has died (Robert Badinter is his name). Even the leader of the far-left said he didn't like that scene, because he doesn't support the death penalty! And this is a guy who otherwise always waxes lyrical about the French Revolution!
2- threesome sex in the historical building of the National Library of France, which I personally found the most shocking and out of place in this ceremony, and which is also disliked by many people. What the heck was that doing there???
3- Last Supper with drag queens, which the organizers today, doing some damage control, are saying did not represent the Last Supper but a scene from Greek Antiquity showing gods from Olympus (
). The French Catholic church has officially reacted and said they deeply disapprove of this mockery of Christianity. The main organizer of the ceremony has apologized if the scene has hurt the feelings of believers.
More generally, people don't like the fact that it was a ceremony full of left-wing woke ideology, trying to portray France as a collection of minorities, but not all minorities of course, just queer minorities (even some very small section of gay people at that, 99% of gay people do not look or act like what was shown during the ceremony) and Black minorities. Not shown were other minorities, such as people with Down syndrome, disabled people, or White rural Frenchmen for instance. This has been pointed out by many people: only "certain" minorities are worthy of being shown, i.e. those beloved by the Parisian woke Left.
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), and because they hadn't prepared some sort of awning to protect spectators from the rain. I agree with the last point. That was typical French nonchalance, assuming confidently that it couldn't rain in late July. Not very professional!
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