French crowd chases away racist, anti-refugee protesters from National Front

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Massive French Crowd Forces Anti-Refugee Racists to Retreat (VIDEO)

Even after a senseless massacre that left over 150 civilians dead, Parisians are choosing compassion over blind hatred, and are willing to go toe-to-toe with racists spouting anti-Islamic rhetoric.

At a silent vigil today for victims of the attacks in downtown Paris, a group of racists holding a banner calling for the expulsion of Muslims was forced to retreat by a much larger crowd of several hundred, chanting “Fascists go home!” Eventually, the Islamophobic protesters were forced across the street. After taking back the square, the large crowd of mourners began singing France’s national anthem, Le Marseillaise. Watch a video of the confrontation here:

The group holding the banner was largely made up of a dozen or so supporters of the French National Front (FN). The FN is France’s third-largest political party, and its members have been referred to as racists on multiple occasions. The FN was founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has been charged with inciting racial hatred at least six times throughout his career, specifically in reference to Muslims.

Marine Le Pen, who took over the front from Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2011, has called for a moratorium on legal immigration, and bemoaned the fact that immigrant detention centers were largely empty in 2011. This past October, she went on trial on charges of inciting racial hatred against Muslims, comparing Islamic prayer in the streets to the Nazi occupation of France during World War II.

http://usuncut.com/world/french-crowd-forces-racists-to-retreat/

Nice to see liberal French still putting the racist right to flight.

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1. Love it. Thanks for posting.