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They did arrest some people who cheered for the beheading of the high-school teacher though IIRC. France has pretty harsh (and often used) laws regulating speech, and they are ambiguous enough that they can be used pretty broadly.

Just an example:

>Thousands of people are convicted every year for “contempt of public officials”, a vaguely defined criminal offence that law enforcement and judicial authorities have applied in massive numbers to silence peaceful dissent.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/11/france-is-not...

Yeah, France is probably not a good example. They never had much backbone there. In 10 years, Paris may as well be under Sharia law.

This is utterly wrong.