Libs Freak After Macron Says Africa's Problems Are 'Civilizational,' Women Have '7 or 8' Kids

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jul. 10, 2017

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron is taking heat from leftists on Twitter for comments he made about Africa, though many on the right are hailing him as "our guy."

Here's the tweet which sparked the controversy:

Macron says Africa's problems are "civilizational" and blames women with "7 or 8" kids. A repugnant speech.

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— joe prince (@joeprince___) July 10, 2017

Here is the English translation of Macron's remarks. he tried to numb the clear racism of his comments with policy wonk jargon. pic.twitter.com/jZk5hpg9MC
— joe prince (@joeprince___) July 10, 2017

Where is he wrong
— Byron de la Vandal (@byron_vandal) July 10, 2017

based macron
— warrior cop (@wyatt_privilege) July 10, 2017

WTF I love Macron now.
— Only Rotors Now (@onlyrotorsnow) July 10, 2017

If Trump's "Western Civilization" speech was a racist dog whistle, what was this? An air horn?
— Alf Valenti (@AlfVal) July 10, 2017

Sarkozy said much the same thing when he was President. Conservative French politics is extremely racist. https://t.co/1pPWpObvUL pic.twitter.com/9NAfdWzJIA
— Yusuf Naqvi (@yusuf_naqvi1) July 10, 2017

Here's his full statement in context.

If this translation (h/t @jeffjmason) is right, Macron doesn't seem to be saying anything horribly controversial?https://t.co/VJl7p0Ts8v pic.twitter.com/SF71eBSOXr
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) July 10, 2017

According to the UN's latest population projections, the population of Africa is projected to hit 4 billion by 2100.

On the high end projection, assuming decreasing mortality due to improved health technologies and constant fertility, their population will exceed 15 billion by 2100:

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