"In 1860, Occitan speakers represented more than 39% of the whole French
population (52% for francophones proper); they were still 26% to 36% in
the 1920s and fewer than 7% in 1993."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_language

"Vergonha is being made to reject and feel ashamed of one's (or one's
parents') non-French language through official exclusion, humiliation at
school and rejection from the media as organized and sanctioned by
French political leaders"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergonha

Crazy to think that an identity was eliminated through state oppression
in under a century.

On 01/08/2015 03:53 PM, lalu wrote:
> As a French native, I can say that this statement is scarily true ...
>
> No one has any trust in any of the two "main" political parties, they
> are even called UMPS (contration of UMP and PS) by a lot of people and
> are a pure product of the centralization of the power due to the very
> organization of the "Republic".
> Representative democracy had its time. It has to change, it's the only
> way extreme wings will not take the country over soon. If this happen,
> there will be a lot more blood spilled and possibly a civil war (yes
> I've said it).
>
> French have been used for two many generations to be governed and need
> to learn to think by themselves and live together in respect.
> Not just cutting heads from time to time, calling it a revolution, and
> recreating the same system over and over again ...
>
> I wish what's happening in Rojava would reach french medias and
> citizens, but the hope is slim ... Trying my best to change that everyday.
>
>
> On 08. 01. 15 15:13, Amir Taaki wrote:
>> * 12 dead, 11 wounded
>> * Explosion at a mosque
>> * Another 2 shot dead by another attacker
>> * Explosion near kebab store.
>> * Shots at a prayer room.
>> * Further reported attacks (smashed windows .etc). Several mosques
>> attacked. Another explosion near Lyon.
>>
>> People saying things will calm down miss the big picture.
>> Marine Le Pen (fascist national front politician) will get elected.
>> European states are becoming more powerful (surveillance, security
>> apparatus).
>>
>> "Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the
>> leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a
>> simple matter to drag the people along whether it is a democracy or a
>> fascist dictatorship or a parliament or a communist dictatorship.
>> Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
>> the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are
>> being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
>> exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
>> ~ Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich-Marshall at the Nuremberg Trials after WW2
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