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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96

Summary

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Rally (formerly National Front), has died.

A former paratrooper, he led the party from 1972 to 2011 and was known for inflammatory rhetoric, including Holocaust denial and praise for the Nazi-collaborating Vichy regime, which led to multiple convictions.

He ran for president five times, shocking France in 2002 by advancing to the runoff against Jacques Chirac.

A divisive figure, he was expelled from the party by his daughter, Marine Le Pen, in 2015 as she sought to moderate its image.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/07/jean-marie-le-pen-french-far-right-leader-diesOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
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Depressing how so many despicable people get to live to such high ages.

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I don't know how much comfort this will bring, but rest assured that hate-filled bigoted assholes generally don't live long. The constant stress of seething about everyone and everything around them makes guys like Le Pen the exception, not the rule.

The only reason this particular human sphincter lived a long time is because he had access to high-quality medical care.

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I celebrate the passing of fascists,

German Fascists, Russian Fascists, American Fascists, French Fascists. you are all the same.

Au revoir, Shoshanna. Rest in piss. Traitor

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Je voyagerai en France pour le faire aussi. Ça deviendra une destination touristique pour pisse !

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Hahha, ça tente de faire un tour mondial, Thatcher, Le Pen, Reagan etc. bien pisser sur les tombes de fachos.

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jlai.lu

And, just like that, 2025 is already up for a very good start

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Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure they (FN / RN) will leverage on his death to gain voters.

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I hope he's buried next to a black family. Also, congratulations, France, you just got a new public toilet!

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lemmy.world

I’ll never wish death on a person. That’s a line I can’t cross and still think of myself as a good person. That said, I have no problem celebrating a terrible person’s death.

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"I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

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Why do these bastards keep dying of old age instead of exploding haemorrhoids as they should..?

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

He ran for president five times, shocking France in 2002 by advancing to the runoff against Jacques Chirac.

Yeah we were all shocked to find out the huge percentage of overt racists among these colonizers. \s

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MonkRomereply
lemmy.world

Your mom, sister, and daughter most likely... /s

Also, these places:

  • Îles des Saintes
  • Marie-Galante
  • La Désirade
  • Guadeloupe
  • Martinique
  • French Guiana
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Collectivity of Saint Martin
  • Saint Barthélemy
  • Clipperton Island
  • Mayotte
  • Réunion
  • Wallis and Futuna
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You forgot Kanaky which is maybe the most awful right now (speaking of colonialism). A surprising thing is that some of those overseas are part of France for longer than Nice and Savoy

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died at midday on Tuesday “surrounded by his loved ones”, his family said in a statement.

Daaaaaammn. Gruaniad, you bitch! lol

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