{"id":46471,"date":"2022-03-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=46471"},"modified":"2023-10-25T22:33:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:33:44","slug":"pas-de-democratie-sans-ironie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/company\/pas-de-democratie-sans-ironie\/","title":{"rendered":"No democracy without irony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/product\/le-regard-libre-no-83\/\">Le Regard Libre N\u00b0 83<\/a><\/em> - <a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/tag\/jonas-follonier\/\"><em>Jonas<\/em> <em>Follonier<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>L\u2019ironie consiste \u00e0 dire quelque chose dans le but d\u2019exprimer le contraire de ce qui est dit.<\/strong> Elle est donc un art qui suppose un certain niveau d\u2019intelligence de la part de son \u00e9metteur comme de son destinataire. Tuez l\u2019\u00e9ducation, les conditions pour que les gens s\u2019\u00e9coutent, se tol\u00e8rent, se mettent \u00e0 la place les uns des autres, et vous tuerez l\u2019ironie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more Lire la suite de l\u2019\u00e9dito (en Libre acc\u00c8s)-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fr\u00e9quemment utilis\u00e9e dans le but de faire rire, l\u2019ironie sert aussi \u00e0 exprimer un doute, \u00e0 interroger autrui ou une id\u00e9e.<\/strong> Y compris dans une blague, pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment. L\u2019ironie est une distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L\u2019ironie est une mani\u00e8re de remettre en question ce qui est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme acquis, convenu, \u00e9vident, sens\u00e9, \u00e9quivoque. <\/strong>C\u2019est pourquoi les pouvoirs non-d\u00e9mocratiques, totalitaires, ne l\u2019aiment pas beaucoup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alors bien s\u00fbr, qui donne dans l\u2019ironie peut facilement basculer dans le m\u00e9pris ou le d\u00e9dain.<\/strong> Comme le propose Philippe Val dans notre dossier de ce mois, il est important de distinguer l\u2019ironie qui inclut son utilisateur et sa cible dans une m\u00eame humanit\u00e9, de l\u2019ironie destin\u00e9e \u00e0 exclure l\u2019autre du champ de l\u2019humanit\u00e9, au profit de soi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Jonas Follonier pr\u00e9sente Le Regard Libre sp\u00e9cial IRONIE\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XRXvdVrcVs4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mais Patrick Chappatte pr\u00e9cise tr\u00e8s justement, dans ce m\u00eame num\u00e9ro, que ce second type d\u2019ironie ou ce pseudo-humour est tout simplement mauvais, pas r\u00e9ussi, pas dr\u00f4le, mais qu\u2019une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ouverte n\u2019a pas pour vocation d\u2019interdire ce qui est rat\u00e9. <\/strong>La seule mesure de ce qui ne doit pas \u00eatre tol\u00e9r\u00e9 dans les rapports humains, leurs propos, leurs \u0153uvres, leurs actes, c\u2019est le droit: ce qui tombe sous le coup de la loi doit \u00eatre condamn\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D\u00e8s lors, comment ne pas se faire du souci en observant, parfois m\u00eame parmi ses proches, que certaines personnes ne comprennent pas \u2013 ou feignent de ne pas comprendre \u2013 la diff\u00e9rence entre un acteur et un personnage, entre le premier et le deuxi\u00e8me degr\u00e9?<\/strong> Que voir dans l\u2019appel de militants tr\u00e8s en vogue en ce moment \u00e0 censurer, retirer, modifier des contenus au nom du droit au respect, sinon une attaque dangereuse contre la d\u00e9mocratie lib\u00e9rale? Que r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ceux qui s\u2019obstinent encore \u00e0 dire qu\u2019ils ne sont pas Charlie (alors qu\u2019il ne s\u2019est jamais agi d\u2019aimer cet humour)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read also | <a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/letrange-definition-of-freedom-of-expression-according-to-justin-trudeau\/\">L\u2019\u00e9trange d\u00e9finition de la libert\u00e9 d&#8217;expression selon Justin Trudeau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ce qui s\u2019est pass\u00e9 avec la com\u00e9dienne romande <a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/editorials\/support-claude-inga-barbey-whether-you-like-his-sketches-or-not\/\">Claude-Inga Barbey<\/a>, victime d\u2019un flot d\u2019indignation sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux, la poussant \u00e0 mettre un terme \u00e0 sa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letemps.ch\/video\/psy-claudeinga-barbey\">chronique vid\u00e9o<\/a> pour le quotidien <em>Le Temps<\/em>, devrait nous alerter:<\/strong> la Suisse romande est touch\u00e9e par ce mouvement mondial de culture de l\u2019offense et de la victimisation. Ces activistes \u00abwoke\u00bb (appelons-les comme nous voudrons, c\u2019est en tout cas l\u2019adjectif qu\u2019ils se sont donn\u00e9 eux-m\u00eames) ont la particularit\u00e9 de r\u00e9agir et agir sous le coup de l\u2019\u00e9motion, mais de ne pas d\u00e9battre. Voil\u00e0 bien une id\u00e9ologie politique se pratiquant comme une religion, et m\u00eame une religion sectaire. 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