VIDEO – On Tuesday, the member of the Communist Party argued with the radio host about freedom of expression on the social network X.
Tuesday January 21, Pascal Praud received Léon Deffontaines on Europe 1. Questioned by the host, the member of the Communist Party spoke by telephone on the question of freedom of expression on he is no less critical of the regulations, which he considers necessary to change at European level.
« Comments that incite racial, anti-Semitic or xenophobic hatred are regulated by law. But what I want is for platform X to be responsible for the content that is present », Declares the general secretary of the Young Communists. It is on this subject that the discord begins between the two men. Considering that a regulatory framework is already implemented by the simple fact of European law, Pascal Praud declares: “I hear, but these are not good or bad opinions, there are comments which fall within the scope of the law and others which are legal”says the 60-year-old man before continuing: “ The concept of good or bad opinion scares me. »
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Then the exchange continues and the tone rises: Here is the transcription:
Léon Deffontaines: “ Today there is a debate over the terms of the “great replacement”. These are conspiracy theories that are based on racist worldviews, which can be propagated and which, today, have no place.
Pascal Praud: – Well you want to suppress free speech and I hear it. The great replacement is not racist. It’s your interpretation, it doesn’t fall under any law. […] It’s the law, Mr. Deffontaines, it’s the law, nothing but the law. If we consider going outside the law, we will all get lost.
LD: – I’m going to ask you a question: how is it that the manifesto written by Anders Behring, the Norwegian terrorist who partly theorized the great replacement and murdered 75 young people, can circulate on Twitter?
P.P. : – So should we remove all of Stalin’s speeches from the history textbooks? Stalin killed 50 million people. 50 million people. Mr. Deffontaines, that perhaps bothers you.
LD: – Do you realize what you are saying, Mr. Praud?
P.P. : – Well, that’s 50 million people. Isn’t that 50?
-LD: – But no ! One, it’s completely false. Two, the subject is not this.
P.P. : – Stalin, how many deaths?
LD: – Why are you talking to me about Stalin?
P.P. : – But because you are from the Communist Party. Your party supported Stalin.
LD: – But what a shame, Mr. Praud! Why don’t you remind Mr. Aliot that his party was founded by a Waffen-SS? I have nothing to do with Stalin and I have already answered for it.
P.P. : – I’m not telling you you, I’m telling you your party, and you tell me it’s a shame. Why is that a shame?
LD: – It’s a shame what you say about history books. It’s normal for history books to tell the story.
P.P. : – I ask you the question. If you want Behring out, should Stalin’s speeches be out? You tell me it’s a shame! You have a level of discussion and freedom of expression that scares me, Mr. Deffontaines, so keep your insults to yourself. It’s not a shame the way I ask you questions, and the way you answer me, I don’t talk to you like that. I’m asking you questions. It’s very strange, the way you operate.”
After this muscular exchange, the temperature went down in the studio. The interview resumed its course and ended in a calmer and more serene manner.
