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That's not at all why people are talking about it what the fuck? It has nothing to do with seeing the clean-up of the river as "wasteful spending", it's because everyone fucking hates Macron lmao.
The "clean-up of the Seine" is a recurring joke, multiple presidents and mayors of Paris have promised it over the decades and it never ends up happening, and this time as well everyone laughed and said "if we actually see him swim in it, I'll eat my hat".
It's because we hate macron, and it's because people really dislike the Olympics as well. The olympics are wasteful spending, very badly organized, and they're going to a complete shit show to the delight of everyone outside Paris, myself included.
Unfortunately I can only find terrible articles about it. I just like the hashtag and idea of protest shitting to poison the bourgeoisie.
@grym@hexbear.net is this divide partly due to differences in anglo- and francophone reporting? i imagine there to be broad and more fair coverage in francophone reporting but idk
The only two French sources I follow are:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/
https://www.france24.com/fr/france/
Even on the most French version of France24 there doesn't seem to be a story for it on the front page. I only saw it from an Internet Today roundup of niche social media stories and this was the least-bad version of the websites I saw covering it.
Yea these are mainstream and so mostly bourgeois sources
I think mainstream média sources in France are limited and will not want to admit that its because people hate macron or the Olympics. So those few sources are what gets translated
ah faif, thanks for the response
It also sounds like if it has been illegal to swim there for over 100 years, and theres still tests indicating that it's not safe, then shitting in the river makes sure that people wont actually have to swim in this dangerous water for these dumbass competitions?
I mean they'll probably have more security on the actual days of the events but can they actually guarantee competitors that they wont be swimming with human waste at all? Should at least give an excuse for some of the athletes to start boycotting and ensure a proper controlled pool is set up instead.