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Some people here and on X have expressed outrage at parts of the opening ceremony of the Olympics in France. As someone who is both natively French and a "global citizen" (lived on four continents, visited 50 countries, expat for nearly 20 years), I wanted to share my dual perspective. My goal is not to pass judgment on Friday's performance, but rather set the cultural context in which it was delivered. So, don't shoot the messenger. Also, references are annotated in brackets like this: [i] for further reading at the end. The TL;DR is that the French brand of secularism (laïcité) is unique, highly idiosyncratic, and part of the core identity of the French republic; it's understandable that it does not translate well to an international audience. Now, onto the 🧵: 1/9
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Useful and broad thread overview, thanks As a French person, I get frustrated that laïcité ends up being an excuse for not respecting that there can be beliefs that are a core part of others identity, sacred even. I’m a partisan of full free speech, but being responsible for negative outcomes of what I say., and knowing when to say nothing. People are free to do what they want in their circle, but I’m not paying taxes so we can insult a bunch of Christians, locally and around the world This “idiosyncracy” was indeed courageous, but the British meaning of courageous ie. a miss The end reality is its a small circle of Parisian organisers, imposing their world view instead of trying to be as inclusive as possible and fitting into Olympian spirit Lots of good parts to the ceremony though, that final bit with Céline Dion on Eiffel Tower was mad good
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