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Véronique Savoye's avatar

Bonjour Comte. How fun to type this. Please excuse the familiarity.

Kudos for a well-informed, thoughtful, detailed analysis of the Opening Ceremony, the controversy it spawned in some circles, its meaning, far reaching implications and aftermath.

I've enthusiastically "restacked" the last installment in the series you shared here and hope many people get to read it. Well done.

PS: Thank you for mentioning my stories on the same topic.

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Aurélie's avatar

Amazing piece, again. Thank you for digging so deep. I agree with you that Festivité got so much wrath because LGBTQ+ people were so visibly featured in it. As you note, while France has a long history of anti-clericalism and of mocking the church (for good reasons, I may add), anti-LGBTQ+ hatred is going strong and stronger.

As you may have heard, 7 people were recently arrested for their threats against Thomas Jolly. Their trial will be early next year, with hopefully more people joining them in jail. For one, I'm happy to see the police taking this seriously (although I have no delusion that it's because it has been such a high profile case). I hope it deters people who feel they can say whatever they want online, falsely secure behind their computer screen.

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