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Summary

King Felipe VI of Spain faced a hostile crowd in Valencia, where unprecedented floods have devastated communities, leaving over 200 dead and many missing. Footage shows protesters shouting “murderer” and “shame” at the king, with some throwing objects and mud as he walked through the affected area of Paiporta.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, yes. We can't even vote on the matter.

However, it's worth noting that a good part of the hate is directed to Mazon, the governor of the region that is being accused of not only downplaying the alerts from the weather agency but also of not asking for help nor declaring the emergency status that would allow the central gov. to take control and send more help for political gains (the central gov is from a left-leaning coalition while the region gov is from a right-fascist coalition).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is Mazon a MAGA republican by any chance?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not technically. He is part of a right-wing "moderated" party. Years ago, his party was that at least. Now, their party (Partido Popular) are very close-tied to Vox, a fascist party pretty much like the MAGA GOP. The PP has decided to become much more fascist in order to not lose against Vox and ultimately decided to adopt much of Vox's political views in order to ally with them and stand a a chance in the elections.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

I appreciate the in-depth explanation. Power hungry cabrones who will do anything to hold on to power; the rest of the world can get fucked.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Ah, ok right wing. That's all you had to say.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like people missed the sarcasm a bit here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It happens a lot on Lemmy, and with all this text-based communicating we do now. Par for the course. Also, the serious answers were both relevant and interesting!