thomas

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

Good explanations.

I am a little baffled at how offended people get. I understand not liking something, but getting this offended? 

Grow up, live and let live, enjoy living in a world with freedom of expression. Freedom good.

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https://x.com/rivatez/status/1817422782109540615

This is a snowflake analysis. Oh you don’t think something is beautiful? Boohoo, art has always had provocative parts, and is subjective anyway. Just dislike it and move on.

There was plenty of burlesque and provocative art in the era of davinci. It can coexist with fine art.

The person saying this literally has a crypto punk as a PFP, which is not davinci level yet really fun? Incoherent position probably based on politics

Normie conservatives making a big deal out of this stuff is also just telling them “you can control my reactions by doing this” in the same way right wing guys control the reactions of scolding leftists by saying slurs. 

This stuff is boring and cringe Bill Maher Reddit style atheism, it’s the same stuff they’ve been doing for a long time, I don’t get why this gets such a reaction