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[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

France is worried "people" will look at their exploits in Africa more deeply if they don't.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Come on let's be fair to France, they did it in Asia too

[–] Globeparasite@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

our universities already did it, and most of what you may know about that comes... from the french government

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can we call them freedom fries again?

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Everybody I know just calls em fries

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"To accuse the Jewish state of genocide is to cross a moral threshold." - France foreign minister, according to the article's first line.

What moral threshold, mr. foreign minister? Moral threshold that separates the western "right and responsibility" to invade, occupy, do mass massacres, out the people through genocide by both killing them by the thousands and destroying or stealing their cultural heritage, funneling all if their natural resources at dirt cheap prices to add to your own wealth? Hmm, maybe it isn't slavery when you just "outsource"it?

What moral threshold? Something like "Israel government can't be fascists because they are the ruling organization over a people that were put through Holocaust by our then-enemies-but-current-allies, so only we can form any narrative about them?"

Western democracies' hypocrisy on full display as usual. Defenders of the human rights, only when it is their people and when they comply with their hegemonic agenda.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So if my mother died from alcoholism, it would cross a moral threshold, if I got fired for drinking on my job as a school bus driver?

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

What colour are the kids on the bus? Who makes, sells and exports the bus?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

France still refuses to acknowledge its crimes in Africa. Nothing surprising from a racist imperialist regime.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


France on Wednesday became the latest Western country to reject accusations that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a charge that was recently brought before a United Nations court in The Hague.

South Africa has won praise at home and from other countries for challenging what they see as a Western-led global order that is biased toward Israel.

Israel was founded in the aftermath of the Nazi-led genocide of European Jewry, and Germany has rooted much of its post-Holocaust identity in the idea of supporting the Jewish state.

France, home to some of Europe’s largest Jewish and Muslim communities, has seen fierce debates over the conflict in Gaza, including within its top diplomatic ranks.

In November, a dozen French ambassadors in Middle East and North Africa countries expressed unease over Macron’s perceived pro-Israeli stance.

Mr. Séjourné shot back that “we don’t need any lessons from your party,” as France Unbowed has faced intense criticism for refusing to call Hamas a terrorist group.


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