French racists jeer black anti-semite at Le Pen rally

posted at 8:43 pm on November 18, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Time for the weekly France-is-doomed post. Don’t try to untangle all the social pathologies evident here; you’ll hurt yourself.

Mouths gaped last week when Jean-Marie Le Pen, veteran xenophobe and leader of the powerful French far right, chatted amiably in public with Dieudonné M’bala, a black comedian, one-time anti-racist campaigner, now the champion of a conspiracy-obsessed and anti-Semitic segment of the far left…

What was going on? Dieudonné, 40, who has his own political comedy theatre in eastern Paris, has broken with many former friends on the left by insisting that all the ills of the world, and especially the problems of black people, can be traced to Israeli and Jewish influence. He was convicted earlier this year of making anti-Semitic statements.

Mr Le Pen, 78, was once a scarcely disguised anti-Semite and racist himself. Even last summer he was complaining that there were too many black faces in the France football squad at the World Cup. But he has tried to re-invent himself in recent months as a democratic nationalist and patriot, open to French people of all races and religions…

Mr Le Pen’s National Front is riven by internal quarrels. Unreconstructed racists within the party jeered and insulted Dieudonné when he turned up at the NF festival, forcing him to leave early.

Diversity, French-style: where scum of all colors join hands in Jew-hate.

Most readers probably know who Le Pen is, but if you’re unacquainted with Dieudonne, take a peek at his Wikipedia bio. There’s no photo of him performing, which is a shame. He’s got a knack for costumery.

Exit question: Le Pen gets a little multiculti cover from meeting with Dieudonne. What does Dieudonne get from meeting with him?

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