Posted on 02/17/2021 12:19:47 PM PST by RoosterRedux
President Macron of France has now warned his countrymen of the menace of American academic and media “woke” thinking and of identity politics as a formula for social oppression and disunity.
France is officially focused entirely on the integration of its entire population into a cosmopolitan French whole, and in a peculiar arc of alliance between nationalist academics, intellectuals, and conservative politicians, all are warning against the importation of what they regard as degenerate and self-destructive American academic faddishness.
France has been warned by its leaders from Right to Left to beware of what is effectively referred to as the latest manifestation of American madness [...]
The French president became so exercised by comments in the New York Times critical of what was described as the repression by France of Muslims that he telephoned and upbraided a senior Times officer for misrepresenting his policy of “universalism,” which he declared to be the unification of all citizens regardless of their ethnicity or sectarian attachment.
In October, he had announced a series of measures to combat “radical Islamism,” including placing direct government control on mosques, requiring that Muslim clergy are trained and certified in France, and banning Muslim apparel that disguises identity and overstates a religious affiliation.
Monsieur Macron has dismissed the criticism of Amnesty International and others. Large numbers of eminent French academics and journalists have supported the president and been severely critical of what they regard as the moral disintegration of America. France will not be a party to any notion of white self-criticism on grounds of privilege and is unabashed in its expressed belief that the West and France, in particular, has been a civilizing influence in the world, though certainly not without fault.
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They are deoending on France?
Hopefully France will come to our rescue. They owe us.
The French love their culture which is more than I can say of the US.
Admittedly, I am a Francophile, but have traveled enough in France to see how strongly people feel about their culture and how fed up they are with what is happening.
It’s hard to admit, but we need help. There was a time France helped set this country free. Maybe we’ve come full circle.
First time I ever heard anything coming out of France I agree with. Will French surrender monkeys teach Biden how to surrender too? After all, that is their strong suit? Probably his, too.
I doubt it. They have their own madness going on there, mostly involving Islam.
We are the child of Great Britain and France.
Not sure about their owing us. Yes we saved their freedom in WWI and II, but their assistance in our American Revolution was pivotal, and we did not repay them for their military and financial support, which could have really helped during their own turbulent revolution. I’d say we’re even, but should still be able to rely on one another. I will salute and be very grateful to them if they can help turn the tide against the cultural insanity that has gripped the left.
Completely amazing.
Ten years ago, Macron was in the Socialist Party.
I hope his defense of Western values is sincere and enduring.
Glad to hear it. American leftists should follow the lead of their highly sophisticated European betters.
Look to see LePen elected and her party dominate the next election and end the EU as we know it (disguised German Empire). She will save Europe from creeping Liberalism and world Chinese dominance. Great things will come out of a New French Republic. The people who colonize the Moon may well speak French.
Germany will get them in line.
We need righteous leadership and we need it now.
It France can be bold enough to ignore the complainers and light the way out of this cultural Dark Age, then fine.
Don’t be a Lawn Chair. Don’t fold up so quickly.
I agree. Last year, Macron declared that there will be no toppling of statues in France. I know what you mean about French pride in their culture, heritage, and history.
"Don't get your hopes up, beautiful."
It been conjectured that France's backing our struggle against British
oppression (King George) triggered the peasants overthrowing French royalty.
If any academic in America dared to express such views, he'd be railroaded right out of campus and in record time too.
We need a radio Free America based in Europe right now, just like we had a Radio Free Europe from America beamed at Communist Eastern Europe back in the day.
As a matter of fact, Dementia Joe's America is even worse than what Eastern Europe used to be. At least they never trashed their own culture and civilization like the Dementia Joe regime is doing right now.
Luis XYI was not very smart. He hated English and all his policies were designed to hurt them.
Supporting American Revolution was one of his not so smart ideas. He wasted a lot of money and his own folks got the American Freedom bug and eventually toppled and executed him.
It surely help the Americans, but from France (Luis XVI) point of view, it was a failure, like some of the American military endeavors lately.
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