Although humor is a universal thing, it is sometimes not understood by everyone. It is this cruel reality that Antoine Léaument was confronted with this Friday, November 8. In a much-commented tweet since then, the LFI deputy for Essonne wanted to share an old television interview with Fabrice Luchini in which the successful actor gave his vision of the left. “ You have to be exceptional when you're on the left. When you're on the left, it's excellence. Moral genius, the genius of mutual aid. » Remarks tinged with fierce irony that the young “rebel” clearly took at face value.
Immediately, mocking comments multiplied under the tweet in question. “ Antoine, it seems that your 2 neurons are fighting for the 3e place », drew out an Internet user. “ It's a competition of who is the most fucked up in La France insoumise? », added another. “ Leftism is not an illness, but a mental disability », added a third. Cruel, but hey…
The certainty of being above the rest
When Fabrice Luchini declared, not long ago, that he “ would love » be left-wing, but that he gave it up because “ it's such a high virtue », he was obviously referring, with biting humor, to the ethical superiority with which the camp of Good constantly drapes itself. The left has always claimed to have a monopoly on morality. Saint-Just and Robespierre (Léaument's idol) already carried this quality over their shoulders. However, nothing could be further from the truth. The great theorists of left-wing ideologies themselves were far from being paragons of virtue. The most striking example is, obviously, that of Karl Marx, who considered morality to be an ideological illusion specific to the capitalist bourgeoisie. Moreover, when it was put into practice, communism demonstrated its murderous amoralism.
The socialists were not further distinguished by their moral superiority. In the recent past, we have seen some of them still involved in shady stories of morals, corruption or even tax evasion.
Finally, let us not forget that the left, which today claims a pseudo-moral superiority, is also the one which can defend delinquents, validate racialism or justify pogroms. No later than last Friday, when dozens of Jews had been attacked the day before in Amsterdam, victims of anti-Semitic ambushes, several figures from the French far left spoke out to defend the attackers and incriminate the victims. “ These people were not lynched because they were Jewish, but because they were racist and supported genocide. », Tweeted LFI MP Marie Mesmeur. Beautiful example of “ moral genius » from the left.
The illustration of the drop in level
It is also possible to see, in Antoine Léaument's tweet, the manifestation of a certain generalized drop in level. We observe this intellectual decline in all sectors (media, education, culture, etc.), but it seems particularly marked within the political class, notably on the far left. We think, in particular, of a certain Sandrine R. who has made enormities her trademark and her media success. We also think of Sébastien D. (“ I don't know who Pétain is ), to Mathilde P. (unable to locate the Jordan), to Thomas P. (for all of his work). Or (him again!) Antoine Léaument who recently attributed the law of separation (1905) to Jules Ferry, who died in 1893…
We thought that the far left had hit rock bottom a few years ago, but we see that it continues to dig deeper.
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