How does hatred invite itself into the public space? The CGT Institute of Social History is organizing this Friday evening at 6 p.m. at the Espace Cité in Limoges a conference on the “rhetoric of hatred”, in other words “use the art of speech to disseminate and be heard by the population on remarks, which pass innocuously from a formula of style, from a _language that appears attractive_but which behind the words is not based on any argument, even on false statements”summarizes Michèle Baracat.
The president of the CGT Institute of Social History in Limoges takes the example “of the great replacement, _we trivialize and we seek the rejection of the other by pointing to communities_. Before the war it was the Jews and today it is the Muslims. We deflect anger on populations to avoid subjects that are a source of anger”.
This rhetoric of hatred is widely used by Eric Zemmour, presidential candidate. But not only. It is widely used Michèle Baracat insists: “This is what prompted us to have this initiative because it goes beyond the framework of an individual, a polemicist highlighted on the news channels continuously and well relayed by social networks. If we look at the speeches of the presidential candidates, we can clearly see that the notion of “great replacement” is taken up, including a Republican right which would never have allowed itself to use these remarks previously.”
Hate speech, sometimes masked, permeates an angry and hurting society adds Michèle Baracat. Work, living conditions, loss of bearings, “When we see in our region the disappearance of the railway lines, the travel conditions, the closing of the post offices… You need to find someone responsible. and deflect anger”.
Ideas of hatred are gaining ground in places with social disruption, but in Limousin, marked in particular by historical events such as the Oradour massacre and the 99 hanged men of Tulle, “when people are confronted with the reality of the difficulties, we saw when migrants arrived in the region they were very well received. We must _dismantle these hate speeches_“concludes the president of the CGT Institute of Social History in Limoges.