{"id":2688007,"date":"2026-10-19T20:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-they-did-it-again-media-calls-riots-mostly-peaceful-as-french-limoges-town-hall-collapses-in-on-itself\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:26:59","slug":"watch-they-did-it-again-media-calls-riots-mostly-peaceful-as-french-limoges-town-hall-collapses-in-on-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-they-did-it-again-media-calls-riots-mostly-peaceful-as-french-limoges-town-hall-collapses-in-on-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: They Did It Again &#8211; Media Calls Riots &#8216;Mostly Peaceful&#8217; as French Limoges Town Hall Collapses in on Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-they-did-it-again-media-calls-riots-mostly-peaceful-as-french-limoges-town-hall-collapses-in-on-itself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2688007&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Riots broke out across France Saturday morning, culminating in the destruction of the 140-year-old town hall in Limoges.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xhVv8I9j3KI&#038;t=99s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>, however, these cost-of-living protests were \u201cmostly peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2,400 arrests in France's worst street violence for decades | BBC News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhVv8I9j3KI\" width=\"774\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/10\/18\/spire-collapses-at-historic-limoges-town-hall-amid-violent-protests-across-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Euronews<\/a> reported that the Haute-Vienne prefecture (the municipal government) estimated that 2,000 people, including \u201cmore than 500 individuals deliberately seeking confrontation,\u201d had gathered in the east of the city around 2 p.m. on Saturday. At 6 p.m., they broke into the building and set it ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department couldn\u2019t save the historic edifice, and clips of the spire collapsing immediately flooded the internet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-status=\"hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Limoges Town Hall survived two world wars and stood as a symbol of French history.<\/p>\n<p>Now it will be remembered as a symbol of the country\u2019s downfall.<\/p>\n<p>This is so incredibly tragic. https:\/\/t.co\/35t2HtvSP1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Maalouf \u200f (@realMaalouf) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realMaalouf\/status\/2111681688220680413?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In response, Limoges Mayor Guillaume Gu\u00e9rin addressed the media, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s not stupidity. It\u2019s hatred. It\u2019s hatred of this French flag saved from the flames just a little while ago. It\u2019s hatred of institutions, of school principals, of cops, of elected officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His reference to \u201cschool principals\u201d highlights a key dynamic of rioter demographics: A vast majority of the estimated 550,000 French protesters are reportedly students themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">French \u201chigh schoolers\u201d posing for a photo on the fiery but mostly peaceful streets of Paris. \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 https:\/\/t.co\/LsE7YurRep<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/visegrad24\/status\/2111771346111734028?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Their hostility reflects a broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/blogs\/innovations\/vanishing-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cultural shift<\/a> away from our heritage. Students aren\u2019t taught to value the beauty of Western civilization. The great builders of Christendom are often reduced to fanatical crusaders. Foundational principles are dismissed as archaic ignorance. The very culture that brought freedom, equality, and prosperity to all is under frequent attack.<\/p>\n<p>And now we\u2019re surprised that they\u2019re burning everything to the ground?<\/p>\n<p>Shops were destroyed. Stores were looted. Graffiti reading \u201ctax the rich\u201d was emblazoned across walls and windows. And the rioters didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>Bar owner Aline Li told the BBC, \u201cWe felt completely safe with the gates closed. And then we heard the gates being lifted from all sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As she described the invasion, you could see a scrape on her chin, blood on her brow, and a purple bruise surrounding her right eye. \u201cI don\u2019t know if someone hit me or how it happened,\u201d she said. \u201cWith an iron bar, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to BBC correspondent James Waterhouse, however, the protests were \u201cmostly peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS similarly referred to the riots as merely \u201cscuffles.\u201d They have since deleted this comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CBS just deleted this calling rioters burning down Paris \u201cscuffles\u201d after major backlash<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t hate the media enough https:\/\/t.co\/SrmDYUBmd5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2111608714629206203?\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Does any of this sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/cnn-mocked-calling-kenosha-riots-fiery-mostly-peaceful-protests-1527997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN described<\/a> the George Floyd riots as \u201cfiery, but mostly peaceful,\u201d even as one of their own journalists stood before a hellish landscape of fire and flame.<\/p>\n<p>A few months prior, MSNBC reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-anchor-says-minneapolis-carnage-is-mostly-a-protest-as-building-burns-behind-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Velshi<\/a> stood before a burning building and called the protest \u201cnot, generally speaking, unruly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The phrase \u201cmostly peaceful\u201d is the left\u2019s favorite cover story for inconvenient facts about the violence fueled by their leftist principles. The truth is, leftist protests often turn violent \u2014 no matter what the mainstream media tells you.<\/p>\n<p>Stop taking their word for it. 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