gonna be posting a bunch of quotes in this thread that I want to preserve. you are welcome to post critiques of a given pasta, just remember I don't 100% agree with all of these (only most) but consider them information worth saving. proposed edits will be considered

CONTENT WARNING: there's going to be mentions of imperial atrocities in here, including SA and torture.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    8 days ago

    in 2016 before the Xinjiang disinformation campaign, western media was praising France for their new program of sending muslims to "deradicalization centers": https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/france-to-open-first-of-12-deradicalization-centers-for-at-risk-youths/2016/09/14/d596d7fe-7a78-11e6-8064-c1ddc8a724bb_story.html [archive]

    it was a big failure by the fall of 2017: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/france-jihad-deradicalization-macron/540699/

    another article on it: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/france-fights-terror-with-re-education-camps-plan-7wg9vrrgd