new info campaign tells french citizens how to be burqa vigilantes
wtf is going on with france?
“Awaiting the April 11 application of the law voted in October prohibiting the burqa from being worn in public, the government today began distribution of 100,000 handbills, and 400,000 pamphlets reminding people of the interdiction against “covering up one’s the face in the public space”. Leaving nothing to chance, a website will also begin operation March 4 with badgering reminders that “Hiding your face undermines the minimal demands of social life”, or the patriotism-rousing “The Republic lives with its face uncovered”. Not quite the “Yes, we can” or “I have a dream” capable of mobilizing millions, but quite possibly the kind of tag lines that buttinsky French secularist zealots feel will allow them to flash civic yellow cards at any Muslim women they deem guilty of excessive textile envelopment.”
and further still
“Remind them of the applicable rules, and invite them to respect the law by uncovering themselves, or leaving the venue,” a flier recommends all would-be pedants. Should that prove futile, it continues, crusading citizens are instructed to call the police so they may then lay the minimum $207 fine on burqa reprobates—who may also be sentenced to attend “citizenship courses” where ideological instruction on proper attire are dispensed. All that’s missing are re-education camps and blue plastic bags (though use of those latter items would probably also break the law about head-coverings).”
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becoming-wave said:
wow. you’ve posted 2 things now, this evening, that have made me cry. well, ok one. that california “protest” actually made me cry and this one just compounds the horror that much more.
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commonunity posted this
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