Algerian Muslims turned de Gaulle’s own slogan against French authorities.

Evidence

In Belcourt Edward Behr observed a scene which summed up the situation…a Moslem came careering round a corner on a motorcycle, tied to which was an enormous F.L.N. flag. A gendarmerie captain told him to put it away. “Pourquoi? On ne fait pas de mal,” he replied. “Le Général de Gaulle a dit: Algérie algérienne. On est Algérien, non?” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1306 (#expands, via linked claim)

The French authorities were curiously baffled by this phenomenon. They first saw in it the proof of what they had always claimed—i.e., the incapacity of the Arabic language to handle the operational concepts of a modern revolutionary war. But at the same time, the decisions reached in the occupier’s linguistic system forced the occupier to realize the relative character of his signs and created confusion and disorder in his defense system. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 313 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslims invoked de Gaulle’s own words to justify flying the F.L.N. flag — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1306; V.E. Day alignment empowered an Algerian independence demonstration by deflecting French security.; Using French against them forced the occupiers to see their own signs as relative — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 313

Broader Connections

• Muslims invoked de Gaulle’s own words to justify flying the F.L.N. flag #expands (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1306
• Using French against them forced the occupiers to see their own signs as relative #expands (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 313
• V.E. Day alignment empowered an Algerian independence demonstration by deflecting French security. #exemplifies (0.50)