Alain Finkielkraut persists and signs. After his shocking statements about the Duhamel affair in 24H Pujadas sure LCI, the philosopher gave an interview to Point, published Tuesday, January 19, 2021. If the 71-year-old writer has expressed regret, it is for very specific reasons. Indeed, the author of Beats of the world (Pauvert), above all pointed the finger at Internet users and the extent of the messages posted on the Web, according to him. "I was naive in forgetting that social networks are now the law", he blurted out, at first.
Alain Finkielkraut also mentioned his relatives, indirectly affected by this controversy, according to him. “I was selfish in forgetting that I was not the only one with my name. Others than me who should have the right to exist on their own are forced to answer for what the ambient bad faith calls my 'slippages' ", he continued before adding that he "censor", if it was again in the media on the small screen. "Not to please the new moral fashion, but never to say anything that could put my people in difficulty ", declared the husband of Sylvie Topaloff. And to conclude: "It grips my heart." Nevertheless, the essayist refused to do his mea culpa, stressing that he was giving up on "to apologize to the insulters".
"Those who condemn me are making a mistake"
During his interview with our colleagues, Alain Finkielkraut took the opportunity to clarify his speech, held on the news channel on January 11, 2021, about the "consent". If his argument caused his ousting from the group channel TF1, he does not budge. "My point was to say that when justice leaves the courtroom, it leaves civilization. I therefore opposed criminal justice to media justice ", he explained. And to develop: "The first makes distinctions, unlike the second, which abolishes them all. To understand each act in its singularity, it asks questions. The question of consent, it is not I who, by I do not know what perversity, wanted to introduce it. I tried to put myself not in the place of the lawyer or the prosecutor, but of the judge (…) For my part, I did not show the slightest kindness for the acts of which Olivier Duhamel is accused. Those who condemn me are wrong. " Will this right of reply ease tensions?
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