Right-wing French mayor wants school uniforms

Sorry, conservos. You own this stance. From now on, you can't say it's "the liberals" who want school uniforms.

Robert Menard is the mayor of the town of Beziers in France. He's backed by the National Front, a far-right party widely accused of being downright fascist. Menard has already issued a youth curfew and prohibited local residents from drying their clothes outdoors. Now he wants to make school uniforms mandatory.

His excuses for requiring uniforms are the same as that used by American fascists. Like America's Far Right, he claims uniforms make everyone equal - even though he hasn't done shit to promote equality in any other regard.

So the next time an American politician or public figure endorses mandatory uniforms, remember that they're mimicking the National Front. Menard represents Europe's counterpart to the Tea Party.

It's also interesting to look at foreign coverage of this story, which says most folks consider uniforms "an authoritarian anachronism." People around the world are laughing at the United States for having uniforms in so many of its public schools.

(Source: http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/137583/far-right-backed-french-mayor-seeks-return-of-school-smocks)