reminding the world
of its values … that seems like
a radical stance
Adapted from the article, A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth by Ashifa Kassam (The Guardian, 6/14/2026) where Ms. Kassam writes:
“I think our statement helped people to come out from the woodwork,” Richard said. “If it gave others the courage to speak up and say that they think the same, that they’re not OK with the ideology of the Trump government, that’s a good thing.”
The sentiment was echoed by [Julia , member of the Langrune en Commun, a residents’ association] Breen, who said she was proud to be part of an association that had emerged as a small “point of resistance” against those who had looked to protocol as a reason to remain silent in the face of someone who “promotes rhetoric that is bellicose, racist, supremacist and imperialist”.
She was swift to add, however, that what they had done in Langrune-sur-Mer was far from extreme. “It’s crazy that resistance today is just about reminding the world of its values,” she said. “And that doing so seems like a radical stance.”
As Edmund Burke really said, When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Doesn’t this just sum it all up?
It’s crazy that resistance today is just about reminding the world of its values.
And that doing so seems like a radical stance.
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