France has changed, and not for better

I respond to the Wednesday op-ed column “French president poised to lead reform, growth” by E.J. Dionne, who lauded Emmanuel Macron for his “unflinching advocacy of pluralism.” According to Dionne, France’s new president stands heroically astride the globalist barricade in the face of a European “neofascist movement.” And, of course, Dionne celebrates Macron’s greatest achievement — he “was endorsed by former President Barack Obama,” and shares his “cosmopolitanism,” and “progressive spirit.”

That’s a relief! Other than not being especially enthused about the Islamization of France, Marine Le Pen’s economic, social and political policies are in line with mainstream social democracy. Being a woman, Le Pen is no doubt far more sensitive to the repercussions of continued French “pluralism” for those who share her sex.

While Dionne is a heterosexual, gentile male, he will not face the type of degradation French homosexuals, Jews and those of Le Pen’s sex will endure as Muslims pour into France; nor, obviously, does he care. That France is under a “state of emergency,” declared after the last Islamic mass murder, was never mentioned. Perhaps he has not been in France of late; today, every cultural artifact, every Jewish synagogue or deli, every nude beach or place where free French citizens once congregated is now walled off by concrete and steel, and guarded by heavily armed soldiers.

It is amazing that Westerners are willing to surrender their freedoms of movement, speech and conscience, rather than demand that Islam reform before accepting millions of Muslims into their midst.

Dionne, Obama, Macron and other jet-setters will no doubt enjoy the hospitality and safety of militarized French green zones. For the average French citizen, Le Pen’s loss means more mosques, madrassas, burqas, female genital mutilation, child brides, random terror, and the continuation of Islam’s 14-century war on non-Muslims in the heart of a once-free nation.

A year ago, Karl Lagerfeld, the German-born director of the Parisian branch of Chanel, remarked, “Paris by night is a nightmare now ... I have the feeling I lived in a world that no longer exists.” It will soon be a nightmare in the daylight.

Au revoir.

Steven Locke Granville be a country that paid its own way.

Those who feel morally obligated to provide free or reduced costs for health insurance can start a charity. Since government is so inefficient, the charity can accomplish more with less. Now, all the rich movie stars and politicians can put their money where their mouth is.

This would relieve our guilt and allow good deeds, plus there would be less regulation, so they can supply health insurance to all who need it.

This would remove the government from imposing its moral imperative on those who disagree.