14 avril 2021
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Laetitia Gern, « Quand Emmanuel Macron veut réparer le lien entre l’Eglise et l’Etat. La question de l’autorité dans les commentaires YouTube », Argumentation et analyse du discours, ID : 10.4000/aad.4976
The controversial statement of the French President Emmanuel Macron about “repairing the link between Church and State” provides an interesting case study as far as the relationship to authority is concerned. The article shows that the deconstruction of authority in the space of YouTube comments involves mobilizing the argument of reduction ad absurdum as well as personal attacks such as insults or derision. Thus, internet users opposed to Emmanuel Macron's claims discredit his authority and go so far as to question his legitimacy to exercise power. For their part, internet users in favor of restoring the link reconfigure the controversial discourse by relying on the 1905 lawon the Separation between Church and State, and appeal to the entire YouTube community. By using the platform's technodiscursive features, You Tube users participate in the debate and confer upon themselves an authority of political commentators.