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Macron’s potty-mouthed outburst is deliberate – and calculated

5 January 2022

11:04 PM

5 January 2022

11:04 PM

President Emmanuel Macron’s declaration that he intends to ‘emmerder’ – which loosely translates, excuse my English, as ‘piss off’ – the non-vaccinated has been widely reported this morning as the mother of all political gaffes.

Macron declared, in an interview with Le Parisien, France’s best-selling newspaper:

In a democracy, the worst enemy is lies and stupidity.

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