Femen mock writer's suicide at Notre Dame

[The Straight Story]

Femen mock writer's suicide at Notre Dame

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was evacuated for the second time in two days on Wednesday when a topless feminist staged a mock suicide in front of the altar the day after far-right historian Dominique Venner shot himself in the church.

A militant from the feminist group Femen, renowned for their topless protests, forced the evacuation of Notre Dame cathedral on Wednesday when she walked up to the alter, pulled out a plastic gun and pretended to shoot herself.

The activist, who had the words “may fascists rest in hell” scrawled on her naked chest was mocking the suicide of far right historian Dominique Venner, who had taken his own life in front of the same altar on Tuesday.

Around 1, 500 visitors were in the cathedral at the time of Venner’s suicide. The writer took his life shortly after posting a blog entry in which he blasted France’s gay marriage law and immigration.


(note - NSFW image at this link)

http://www.thelocal.fr/20130522/topless-femen-mock-writers-suicide-at-notre-dame#.UZ1rttj4Kt0

[malaise]

1. My thread on the subject this morning

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022883713

Fugg him!

[dimbear]

2. I hope she had the presence of mind to scream "sanctuary" as she was dragged away.

Homage to the classics.

Brave young lady.

[backscatter712]

3. Dominique Venner was France's equivalent to Fred Phelps. The world is a better place without him.

I stand with FEMEN on this one.

He was a bigoted piece of fascist shit, and his death is something that should be celebrated, not mourned.

It'd be poetic justice to protest his funeral.

[rdharma]

4. Good!

[riderinthestorm]

5. Cue the DU outrage brigade at any Femen protest....

Brave woman who took it upon herself to counter the despicable Dominique Venner's act.

[Jim Lane]

6. Whether she was wearing a shirt has nothing to do with it.

Making fun of another human being's suicide is just tacky.

I hadn't heard of Venner before this week, but apparently he, like so many on the right, based his views on demonizing "the other" -- implying that LGBT people and foreign immigrants are less than fully human and don't deserve to be treated as people. You don't counter that view by demonizing a different other (despicable fascist pieces of shit). You can disagree with his views and call him a despicable fascist piece of shit while still according him the basic respect due to any person.

He himself didn't follow that standard but I don't take him as my role model.