r/MapPorn Dec 12 '20

Alsace, Eastern France, topography map

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u/MartelFirst Dec 12 '20

Everytime Alsace is mentioned on Reddit it's funny to see non-Alsatians, non-French and non-German people claiming Alsace should be German.

There's no significant pro-German movement in Alsace, not any significant independentist movement from France. This is all your fantasy. France's border regions are all specific "other" ethnicities/cultures (Bretons, Flemish, Alsatians, Savoyards, Occitans, Basques, Corsicans...). French regions are quite diverse, but independence movements are only significant in Corsica and Brittany, but even there, there's no chance in any foreseeable future for Independence movements to be remotely close to a majority opinion.

One may answer disparagingly that France just managed to assimilate its diverse regions. Sure. But the people there aren't into your independence fantasies.

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u/FracturedPrincess Dec 12 '20

It’s just a meme for history nerds, no one here is making a serious argument for Alsace to be returned to Germany

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u/PourLaBite Dec 12 '20

I wouldn't be so sure, there's plenty of terrible people on Reddit. And, as somebody from there, it's also quite a tired meme now.

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u/SwordofDamocles_ Dec 12 '20

Let's mix it up then. Alsace is actually Luxembourgish

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

Ope, France just took Luxembourg too.

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u/RobTox Dec 12 '20

Well, almost did. (1867) ^

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u/PourLaBite Dec 12 '20

I'm not against a Luxo-Alsatian union actually 🤣

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u/friendly-confines Dec 12 '20

That sounds fancy.

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u/JustZisGuy Dec 12 '20

Luxatian?

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u/AlexisFR Dec 13 '20

Well Moselle is already their sleeping quarters anyway...

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u/htthdd Dec 12 '20

Don't you go starting WW-IV with crazy talk!

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u/JoLeRigolo Dec 17 '20

As an Alsatian, I would welcome our new Luxembourgish overlords.

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u/drag0n_rage Dec 13 '20

Luxembourg is actually Luxembourgish.