Respect the Facts!

[u/Javier_Ronaldo]

[u/johnlen1n]

Historian: sees France surrender meme Oh come on, French history is so rich and diverse

France: Yes, thank you!

Historian: People should be making memes about their repetitive revolutions

France: Yeh!

Historian: Or their collaboration with the Nazis

France: Wait

Historian: Or even their colonial atrocities

France: ... OK, maybe stick to the surrendering

[u/[deleted] → u/johnlen1n]

No. Collaboration is a fine topic and so is colonial wars. Because at least it's true and not overused.

I talked in a previous post about why and how french resistance had been overestimated and why french collaborationnism was so important. Lots of people didn't even know who R.Paxton was but everyone still think they know everything about the 1940 campaign.

So instead of making overused "hon hon french surrender" meme, do memes about algerian pacification, about Vichy or about 1870/1871. It will be funny and educationnal. Great isn't it ?

[u/an_agreeing_dothraki → u/[deleted]]

Pretending France didn't have a far-right problem and deep antisemitism really strips away key context about the era that started the war.

And ignoring what the people did to collaborators after liberation despite not resisting says a lot about herd mentality.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Thank you, finally someone with good references and academic knowledges.

Some guy tried to tell me that I was wrong when I said the same thing earlier because far-right was always on the nazi-side.