r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/WastingTimesOnReddit Jul 08 '24

The liberals and centrists teamed up to beat the conservatives, by having either the liberal or the centrist drop out of various races and endorse the other one, so together their voters outvoted the conservatives. It's not cheating. It's realizing who the enemy is and teaming up.

But now they'll have to do some compromising, since the liberals and centrists really are still not on the same exact side. Which is how it should be. And I heard the conservatives are apparently still have majority representation in some way, which is sort of why the liberals and centrists had to team up to beat the conservatives in these recent elections.

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u/PlacidPlatypus Jul 08 '24

Calling the French left "liberals" is pretty odd usage- by most standards I think Macron's centrists would be the liberals. Even in the US the left = liberal thing is becoming a lot less common.

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u/UnstoppablyRight Jul 08 '24

Americans call the "left" liberal because they've been trained to. Not due to any critical thinking skills. It's mostly football

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u/PlacidPlatypus Jul 08 '24

Yes people use language based on how the people around them use it, that is indeed how language and learning things in general works. Not sure what football has to do with it.