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Per the New York Times,  dateline Paris, November 28th:


"When a French dictionary included the gender-nonspecific “iel” for the first time, a virulent reaction erupted over “wokisme” exported from American universities."

France, ever at the cultural avant-garde, leads the world in pushing back on the assault on culture represented by the demented "wokisme" of the left.  Excerpt:
 

PARIS —

...

Le Petit Robert, rivaled only by the Larousse in linguistic authority, chose to add “iel” — a gender-neutral merging of the masculine “il” (he) and the feminine “elle” (she) — to its latest online edition. Jean-Michel Blanquer, the education…

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Politico (among others) reports on the French government's aggressive campaign against "Wokeness," in an article headlined and subheadlined:

French education minister’s anti-woke mission: 

Emmanuel Macron’s government is making the fight against woke theories a cornerstone of its push to rally…

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