Will American Ideas Tear France Apart? Some of Its Leaders Think So
www.nytimes.com
Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French identity and the French republic.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210210211838/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/europe/france-threat-american-universities.html

Use the archive link instead because I'm an idiot and put the real link up first

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    The threat is said to be existential. It fuels secessionism. Gnaws at national unity. Abets Islamism. Attacks France’s intellectual and cultural heritage.

    What the fuck?

    • Civility [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah,

      Since the yellow vest protests Macron's taken a hard turn to the right.

      At this point the French government is pretty much full fash with "islamists" as their internal enemy.

    • grym [she/her, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      If i'm not mistaken in france there's a distinction between muslim/islam and specifically Islamism (or "radical islamism"), which is defined I think as wanting to have an islamic society, sharia law, etc.. and in that sense is described as completely opposed to the notion of a secular republic.

      Not defending this, since it's pretty clearly vague and seems to be mostly a kind of boogeyman, but yea.