French racists steal poster idea from Swiss racists

Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 1:14 PM Share

If you're going to make a xenophobic poster, at least make it original:

The Algerian government has formally protested to Paris about a poster which associates its flag with Islamisme, or radical forms of Islam. The poster shows France covered by an Algerian flag and a forest of mosque minarets. The slogan reads: "Non à l'Islamisme".

It closely resembles a poster published by a nationalist party in Switzerland

before a mosque-building referendum last November. The Swiss advertising agency that devised the original poster said it planned to sue Mr Le Pen's party, the National Front, for plagiarism.

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SIRCHIROL

2:44 PM ET

March 10, 2010

How is it racist?

What is racist about wanting to protect your culture and country? Obviously violence should not be tolerated but France, by its very name, is for the French. They have the final say on who is allowed to come. Just because people have differing opinions doesn't make it racist.

WYCOFF

10:00 AM ET

March 11, 2010

Remember, left wing yuppies

Remember, left wing yuppies believe that white people who defend their culture are evil. They especially hate working class whites who do so.

MARIE

5:07 PM ET

March 10, 2010

uh, probably that the FN

uh, probably that the FN poster is a reaction to that:

http://www.ca-suffit.org/colere12f.html

NSC LONDON

10:26 AM ET

March 11, 2010

Please for the love of god listen to AllanGreen

Every time a feeble-minded psuedo journalist like this author uses "Racism" to characterise the rightful western rejection of Islamofascism that lily-white liberal idiot only serves to undermine his own cause my making "racism" an irrelevant term altogether.

Dear author, please take note - Islam is not a race, it is an antiquated political system and a primitive, superstitious religion but IT IS NOT A RACE.

2:18 PM ET

March 11, 2010

I'm no fan of islam or the

I'm no fan of islam or the takeover of western europe by immigrants, but the term 'islamofacism' is a bs term used by neo cons to scare the sheeple. In the end europeans have only themselves to blame for letting elites dumb them down, take religion out of their lives, and their acceptence of the mtv culture as something to emulate.

DTROCKS

10:55 AM ET

March 22, 2010

Sad :(

hey dont get me involved in your politics, but i just wanted to say that i find this kind of saddening because ive been living overseas in the middle east the past 5 years and its a beautiful place with some of the friendliest locals. Its quite a different reality here than what is portrayed by the media, so i just wanted to say that islam is a peaceful religion and that you people shouldnt believe all that bs that all muslims are terrorists, coz theyre not.

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