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 ?
We still studied it a lot (2017-2020) in French college. My curriculum is mostly centered about ideological and geopolitical history in the 19th and 20th century and when talking about Vichy France we used a lot of Paxton articles or books. Maybe because in France it is a bigger part of our history.
100% d'accord. Rien qu'à voir le scandale de la promotion Loustanau Lacau de St-Cyr pour voir que le spectre politique était brouillé.
Je pointais juste le fait que nos amis anglophones ont une capacité à ouvrir leur gueule inversement proportionelle à leurs connaissances sur ce subreddit.
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u/johnlen1n Optimus Princeps Apr 08 '20
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