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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, February 14, urged calm and restraint after the fatal beating of a 23-year-old French youth aligned with the far-right on the sidelines of a conference by a hard-left lawmaker in the southeastern city of Lyon.

The death of the young man – identified only as Quentin – has intensified tensions between France's far-right and radical left who are both eyeing 2027 presidential elections.

He had been hospitalized in Lyon on Thursday after being attacked while providing what his supporters said was security for a protest against an appearance by hard-left MEP Rima Hassan at the Lyon branch of the Sciences Po university.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 47 minutes ago

So are they translating the Horst Wessel Song into French yet?

[–] arcine@jlai.lu 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, optics are incredibly important to win public opinion. As a radical leftist myself, I have little to no compassion for the man who died ; nonetheless I hope this doesn't start a pattern.

Many people see these things as entirely vibes-based, so if we don't look like the good guys, to many people that's enough to decide we aren't the good guys.

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Mmh... I think that tribal identification is a basic problem (the us vs their conundrum): the danger is obvious, admit this general simplified view to conform the "only two collectives" and judge them by choiced individuals and not by the root ideas and what they bring, if humans cannot overcome this instinct they will remain ants that follow queens for no good reason...

[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 hour ago

This comment section looks exactly like the comment section of a post in a right-wing place that discusses the news of a far left person being killed.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 41 points 9 hours ago (4 children)
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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 25 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Let's see more of this. Normalize punching Nazis.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago

If Nazis are doing Nazi things. Yes.

You don't want to be arbitrarily labeled a Nazi and punched for no reason.

[–] menas@lemmy.wtf -1 points 3 hours ago

If we need to be prepare for collective self-defense, killing violence is the field of the far right. I'm not saying "it's wrong", I'm saying that we will lose. Our collectives are made around care and support, their collectives prepare for war an terror

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 10 hours ago

Nazi lives don't matter.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

"Hatred that kills has no place in our country" - Man trying to stop hateful people who want to kill from facing consequences of their actions.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 48 minutes ago

The paradox of hatred of hatred.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 35 points 11 hours ago

Fuck being calm. Rightwingers keep assaulting normies and our own, because they had suffered no consequences. We should change that, forever. It is easy to be conservative, when you don't pay for the wrongs you commit.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 69 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

Why is it called "far-right" and then "radical left"

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Aka the "Tubular Left" aka the "Cowabunga Left" aka the "Gnarly Left"

[–] texture@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

also to claim that "the radical left is eyeing 2027 presidential elections" is pretty wild. no radical leftists will be winning any election, sadly.

[–] CovfefeKills@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago
radical
/ˈradɪkl/
adjective
adjective: radical
1.
(especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
"a radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework"
2.
advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party.
noun
noun: radical; plural noun: radicals
1.
a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social change, or a member of a political party or section of a party pursuing such aims.

Radical change is literally the goal.

[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think I've heard of "radical left" outside of the US? In Europe I only recall "far left" and "far right"

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 hours ago

In France the literal translation would be "extreme right" and "extreme left".

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago

One is normalized and one is not

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Because the left is so dope!

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

It’s not often I’m able to read things in a voice other than my own, but I read this one as Jason Mendoza from The Good Place and it was perfect.

[–] Concur6053@lemmy.today 12 points 11 hours ago

Easily the best news I've heard since the Kirk-ening of 2025

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu -1 points 4 hours ago

Of course you know that, when that asshole says that, the victim is a right winger.

Emmanuel Papon strikes again

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 22 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I forget, what is the only good nazi...?

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It rhymes with shed I think

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago

The only good nazi is a sled nazi? Crikey, I wish they'd all just die!
...
Hey, wait a minute!!!

[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 12 hours ago

Von Braun? No, that isn't it.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 37 points 16 hours ago

"Chill out, everybody calm down. Its was just a nazi, the fucker got what was coming to him."

The French have a proud tradition to maintain.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 89 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

We're experiencing a wave of racist attacks and murders and the only thing they talk about is the attack where a fascist was killed.
We don't even know exactly what happened yet, most of the noise is coming from Nemesis another fascist "feminist" group.

Coincidentally, our biggest leftist party was unilaterally labelled "far left" by our ministry of the interior a few days ago. (Le monde used hard left in the article, legally they are a generic leftist party)

Coincidentally also, mayoral elections are in about 4 weeks, with an uptick from said party.

Nothing to see here, France is definitely not sliding towards trumpism and fascism at a blinding speed.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

From what I gather there was a group clash of 20+ people and the nazi dudes ran away leaving 1 behind who just got clobbered.

It was right extremists "counter protesting" and the dead guy seems like a professional agitator providing "security service" to right extremists.

Tl;dr: they fucked around and found out.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 39 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Nothing of value was lost

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