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Originally Posted by Acajack
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This exchange was interesting because it reflects the different thinking about the role of government in Anglo-Saxon vs. Francophonie cultures.
The original comment was:
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Bonjour Hi everyone! Do we still not have freedom of speech in this province?
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Which was responded to by memes about ROCers not speaking/willing to speak French.
From the Anglo-Saxon POV this is irrelevant as a comeback, because the question is about freedom of speech - this viewpoint would say "there's nothing stopping an individual person in ON or MB or NS or whatever from saying "Bonjour" if they want to, so there's no issue, but Quebec is trying to restrict what people say in private.
The Francophonie counterargument would be to note the role of government in promoting/regulating culture and noting that a laissez-faire policy approach inherently benefits the majority, so that's not a fair comparison.
Hypocritically, though, a lot of English-speaking people are totally on board with this line of reasoning about laissez-faire approaches not being fair to minorities when it's about pretty much any other minority group that's not Quebecois, so I imagine this grates a lot on them.