Riposte Laïque

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'''Riposte Laïque''' ("Secular Retaliation") is a [[France|French]] political movement and website. 

Their web description is "for the defense of [[secularism]] and mutual tolerance principles".<ref group=note>"pour la défense de la laïcité et des principes de tolerance mutuelle" in French.</ref> Defending secularism can't be a bad thing, right? When you peel off the thin paint, they can't be further from defending "mutual tolerance principles"; they are ''really'' [[Islamophobia|Islamophobes]] who hold views that echo right-wing nationalism and other far-right bigotry. Their Islamophobia would make even [[Sam Harris]] shiver.<ref group=note>[https://ripostelaique.com/lislamophobie-est-un-devoir-pour-tous-les-patriotes.html They don't even try to hide it.]</ref>

For example, they deny that moderate [[Islam|Muslims]] even exist: they're either radical Muslims or lying radical Muslims using "[[Taqiyya]]" to [[cover up]] their real intentions.<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/L-islam-n-est-pas-une-religion.html "One shouldn't be surprised when a Muslim lies by omission or by action, dissimulates or falsifies, because it's a quranical prescription. Indeed, when it comes to developing Islam, all shots are allowed. "Taqqya" ''(sic)'', which means "dissimulation", is a duty for believers in inferiority. However, as soon as the balance of power is reversed, the Muslim can consider aggression."</ref> Also, due to their general far-right craziness, they've been condemned more than once by French courts for inciting hate speech.<ref>https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riposte_la%C3%AFque#Condamnations_en_justice</ref> Despite this, they very occasionally supported Muslims when their views happened to align.<ref>An example here : http://ripostelaique.com/tareq-oubrou-serait-premier-ministre-dali-juppe.html</ref>

Even though France's version of secularism, {{wpl|laïcité}}, or total separation of church and state, would sound left-leaning to the American religious right, most French analysts have found the movement to be hypocritical and far-right-leaning.<ref>An example here : http://www.gaucherepublicaine.org/respublica/riposte-laique-analyse-dune-strategie/808</ref>

== History ==

Riposte Laïque began in 2007 as a website with a hardline secularist stance (even for France) and a focus on Islam - against the [[hijab|Islamic veil]] for instance - but was still genuinely secular and progressive in some other matters, quite articulate in its views (unlike the hysterical far-right style the site is known for today) and occasionally critical of other religions, including [[Christianity]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070911103925/http://www.ripostelaique.com/</ref> Their descent into madness took only a couple of years, the turning point being cooperation with notoriously [[racist]] [[far-right]] organizations and participation to events that targeted Muslim cultural practices as a whole.<ref>https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riposte_la%C3%AFque#Evolution_de_la_ligne_.C3.A9ditoriale_et_accointance_avec_le_Bloc_identitaire</ref>

== Hypocrisy ==

They're not even that "secular", really : for example, many of them explicitly and repeatedly wrote that they're out to defend France's Christian roots,<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/?s=christianisme</ref> or even pagan roots when they deem Christianity to be too close to Islam.<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/recourir-au-christianisme-pour-combattre-lislam-est-absurde.html</ref> Also, they tend to have socially conservative views, and many, if not most of them, opposed [[same-sex marriage]], for instance;<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/mariage-homo-le-nouveau-message-de-belkacem-a-nos-enfants.html</ref> some of their members and contributors are either [[homophobes]]<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/encore-les-bourdieuseries-des-aberrations-lgbt.html</ref> believing in the ''théorie du genre'' (gender theory)<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/quesako-la-theorie-du-genre.html</ref><ref>https://ripostelaique.com/la-theorie-du-genre-va-plutot-favoriser-notre-islamisation.html</ref><ref group=note>[https://www.debunkersdehoax.org/la-manip-pour-tous-theorie-du-genre-et-co-comment-ee-manipule-l-opinion Spoiler alert: that theory doesn't exist]</ref> or denounce the hate of some Muslims against the [[homosexuals|
homosexuals
 SODOMITES OF THE DEVIIIL!]] for their own gains.<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/lislam-glorifie-pedophiles-condamne-a-mort-homosexuels.html</ref>

As expected, their favourite political party tends to be the [[National Rally|National Front]] (FN), and they even tend to find it's become too "moderate" in its relation to [[Islam]].<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/marine-pen-version-0-2-light.html</ref>

Unsurprisingly, they oppose the [[EU]]<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/?s=union+europ%C3%A9enne</ref> and support [[Donald Trump]]<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/?s=donald+trump Which, in light of recent comments, means they're so much racist towards Muslims they're ready to support someone who's racist towards the French.</ref><ref>That is, until the first American airstrikes in Syria, like a large part of the pro-Putin far-right.</ref> and [[PEGIDA]].<ref>http://ripostelaique.com/?s=pegida</ref>

==Conspiracy theories==

As said above, they believes all Muslims are radical and hiding their real intentions.
They also believe in the ''Grand Remplacement'',<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/le-grand-remplacement-un-tabou-qui-se-leve-peu-a-peu.html</ref> a French conspiracy theory created by French far-right 
nutcase
 writer Renaud Camus<ref>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_remplacement Grand Remplacement - Wikipédia (in French)]</ref><ref>[http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2014/01/23/le-grand-boniment_4353499_823448.html French newspaper Le Monde debunked that bullshit.]</ref> and unsurprisingly, opposes immigration as a result.<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/macron-ne-va-pas-limiter-limmigration-bien-au-contraire.html</ref>
They believe that immigration is...[[Racialism|The cause of the loss of I.Q. in France]]<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/le-qi-des-francais-a-baisse-de-38-points-en-10-ans-record-du-monde.html</ref><ref>http://www.debunkersdehoax.org/la-regression-du-qi-en-france-les-immigres-bien-sur-selon-riposte-laique</ref> and they believe in [[Eurabia]]<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/suicide-de-france-de-leurope-seul-coupable-eurabia-1.html</ref><ref>https://ripostelaique.com/eurabia-lislamisation-de-leurope-soumission-dun-continent-2.html</ref>...

Apart from that, they are also [[Global warming#Denial tactics|global warming denialists]],<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/surprise-le-climat-va-changer.html</ref><ref>https://ripostelaique.com/le-rechauffement-climatique-anthropique-meme-stephen-hawking-y-croyait.html</ref><ref>https://ripostelaique.com/le-rechauffement-de-la-planete-faits-et-mythes.html</ref> hate [[Freemasons]], <ref>https://ripostelaique.com/quand-hollande-fete-les-300-ans-de-la-franc-maconnerie-entre-mensonge-et-seduction.html</ref><ref group=note>[[Irony|YET]] [http://valentin.beziau-ump77.over-blog.com/2015/08/la-haine-de-riposte-laique-contre-philippe-de-villiers.html a Catholic fundamentalist managed to call Riposte Laïque a Masonic sect...]</ref> the 
EVVUUUUL!
 [[Bilderberg group]],<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/theorie-du-complot-et-si-on-parlait-des-francs-macons-et-de-bilderberg.html</ref> and support [[Wafa Sultan]].<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/livre-choc-de-wafa-sultan-edite-par-rl-lislam-fabrique-de-desequilibres.html</ref> They are also [[pro-life]].<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/ivg-desinformation-numerique-et-liberte-dexpression.html</ref><ref>https://ripostelaique.com/reponse-alice-braitberg-et-a-son.html</ref>

== Hoaxes ==

They are experts in hoaxes and Photoshop, using an image in which a mere video game critic is turned into a radical Muslim...<ref>https://ripostelaique.com/cest-lislam-a-endeuille-france.html</ref><ref>http://lahorde.samizdat.net/2015/11/17/les-mythomanes-se-tripotent-laique/</ref>
Their hoaxes are frequently attacked by the [http://www.debunkersdehoax.org ''Debunkers des hoax d'extrême-droite'' (Far-right hoaxes debunkers)].

== External links ==
*[http://ripostelaique.com/ Official website] (in French)
*[http://www.debunkersdehoax.org/recherche?id=723900&q=Riposte%20la%C3%AFque All their hoaxes.]
== Notes ==
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