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Revolution in Ukraine? Yes, please! Revolution in France? Rule of law!

Ryan, Danielle
http://www.rt.com/op-ed/445475-france-protests-hypocrisy-media/

Publisher:  RT
Date Written:  03/12/2018
Year Published:  2018  
Resource Type:  Article

Western media coverage has differed with reports describing French protesters as rioters, while Ukrainian protesters were described as revolutionaries. The contrasting reaction has prompted many to ask: If a so-called revolution is allowed to happen in Ukraine, why not in France?

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French police have cracked down on the 'Yellow Vest' protesters in bloody clashes, during which water cannons and tear gas were deployed to disperse huge crowds, who responded by throwing stones at officers. The extent of the chaos has even caused officials to mull imposing a state of emergency and prompted concerns that protest movement could spread to countries like Germany and the Netherlands. Worried government officials and French and European political commentators have eagerly called for the "rule of law" to be respected and for violent protesters to respect French institutions.

In Kiev, however, when protesters set fire to cars, defaced public property and attacked police officers, they were held up as heroes. Law and order was of little concern to Western media which wholeheartedly supported the Maidan movement. Similarly, when anti-government protests kicked off in Syria in 2011, Western leaders and commentators advocated the swift overthrow of the government and provided moral (and material) support to anti-government rebels during the subsequent civil war that ripped the country apart.

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