I knew this was coming. "Stop caring about Paris -- they had it coming." Endless blogs, opinion pieces and memes chastise those who changed their Facebook profile image to show France's colors. (Facebook messed this up -- not the people who made use of the app). Those who wrote that they are praying for Paris have become special kinds of oppressors and are being condemned for their racism and for not caring about Africa and the Middle East. Other memes imply that what happened in Paris was well-deserved, that France's colonial crimes justify terror attacks and the indiscriminate killing of...
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