tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post87114579480946307..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: Limelight on the City of LightsThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-23588240013024051092015-11-17T20:11:20.854-06:002015-11-17T20:11:20.854-06:00FN does embrace laïcité, but mostly as a vehicle t...FN does embrace laïcité, but mostly as a vehicle to be enforced against Muslim practices. There are monarchist, sectarian, anti-laïcité political parties in the right (Action Francaise, Alliance Royalist, Nouvelle Action Royaliste) but these are bereft of any presence in the legislatures and amount to little more than exotic clubs. The old French Right was discredited in the wake of Vichy, but in truth it's never been characterized by stability of ideology or institutions. <br /><br />So FN is what's left as the only game in town - in reality, a highly reactionary party of the left which has managed to become a home for many traditionalists, who mostly seem to prioritize preserving or even restoring the integrity of the French nationality, the battle against laïcité being a lost cause, even if some will never admit it. (Lefebvre's support seemed to key on FN being the only notable party to oppose abortion, though his increasing anxiety about Muslim immigration in his last years seems to have been part of the equation, too.) Perhaps some of our regulars have more extensive contact with this mileiu to nuance or modify what I've said.Athelstanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346012062816580296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-7787035822712551692015-11-17T11:56:18.430-06:002015-11-17T11:56:18.430-06:00The really enemy is Marine Le Pen? Is she committe...The really enemy is Marine Le Pen? Is she committed to "laicete"? If so, the not insignificant following the National Front has among the French branch of Tradistan is quite an irony, and a sad one at that.Joanneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00496552906164909711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-67486939066067678302015-11-17T00:59:24.561-06:002015-11-17T00:59:24.561-06:00"We are reminded in this time of tragedy that..."We are reminded in this time of tragedy that the bonds of liberte, egalite, fraternite, are not just the values French people share, but we share."<br />-Barack Obama<br /><br />The philosophy that was responsible for the death of so many Catholics is apparently something "we share". <br /><br />Solitary Sojourning https://www.blogger.com/profile/12091161291027576112noreply@blogger.com