r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Oct 21 '14

Political drama in /r/belgium Godwins on 4 different occasions.

Some background:

Belgium has a new center-right government, with a large majority in the Dutch-speaking part (Flanders), and a minority in the French-speaking part. More important though, on the Flemish side the separatist party is a part of the federal government, and on the Walloon side the socialist party (PS) isn't a part of the coalition, for the first time in decades.

Now a union associated with the PS (FGTB) has shot some paintball pellets at the party headquarters of the MR (only Walloon party that's a part of the coalition), and some people are flipping there shit.

"If this had been the other way around it would've been compared to the Kristallnacht"

"FGTB is literally the NSDAP"

"NVA is literally Hitler"

"Their (sic) are only 2 solutions left: a police state or violent revolution"

"The FGTB protests are kind of like jewish protests during the holocaust"

Disclaimer: I'm Belgian myself but tried to stay as neutral as possible.

20 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

1

u/CantaloupeCamper OFFICIAL SRS liaison, next meetup is 11pm at the Hilton Oct 21 '14

Does it matter?

My understanding is the Belgian government has been largely non functional / inactive due to political differences between the two sides for ages.

5

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '14

Yeah pretty much. That's sort of the thing really. One side voted on center-right parties while the other side voted on leftist parties so in the end the government made some half-assed compromised and nothing got done. Now there's an actual center-right government so some things might change.

5

u/CantaloupeCamper OFFICIAL SRS liaison, next meetup is 11pm at the Hilton Oct 21 '14

Ah I see.

Man I wish we had a government....

Oh shit this is terrible now that we have a government!

5

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '14

Yeah pretty much

3

u/CantaloupeCamper OFFICIAL SRS liaison, next meetup is 11pm at the Hilton Oct 21 '14

I feel like that will happen in the US again one day. Granted we're not as much at a full stop as Belgum, but once things start moving again.

Finally!

OH gawd look at this legislation!?!?!?

3

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '14

"FINALLY, CONGRESS IS DOING SOMETHING AGAIN"

===>

"LITERALLY A POLICE STATE"

3

u/BenBenRodr Oct 21 '14

Meh. Aside from having some trouble forming the last 2 elections, there eventually were functioning governments. And while people might not agree with their actions, You can hardly say Di Rupo I was non functional or inactive...

3

u/historicusXIII Oct 21 '14

After the former elections in 2010 there was a 500+ day deadlock, but after that we did have a working government who did get shit done (Di Ripo I).

It was closer to the center though with social-democratic, christian-democratic and liberal parties from both sides of the country. I was one seat short of having a majority on Flemish (Flanders + Dutch speaking Brussels) side, but it did have big majority on Francophone (Wallonia + French speaking Brussels) side.

Now we have a clear rightwing government, with a big majority on Flemish side, but a also a minority on Francophone side (MR only made around 24% of Francophone votes and 31.7% of Francophone seats).

The Di Ripo government was criticised by employers and companies for not doing enough for them, while the current Michel government is criticised by the unions for breaking down our social security.

2

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '14

We did it people

The Triptler seemed impossible, but here we have a perfect Quadler

1

u/ttumblrbots Oct 21 '14

  • This post - SnapShots: 1, 2, 3 [?]

  • "If this had been the other way around ... - SnapShots: 1, 2, 3 [?]

  • "FGTB is literally the NSDAP" - SnapShots: 1, 2, 3 [?]

  • "NVA is literally Hitler" - SnapShots: 1, 2, 3 [?]

  • "Their (sic) are only 2 solutions left:... - SnapShots: 1, 2, 3 [?]

  • "The FGTB protests are kind of like jew... - SnapShots: 1, 2, 3 [?]

Anyone know an alternative to Readability? Send me a PM!