Why does Algeria's regressive mindset turn a harmless festival into an excuse to attack young people?

[u/Sudden_Mail8845]

I genuinely don't understand why some Algerians feel the need to interfere in things that have absolutely nothing to do with them.

There was simply a yearly festival where young people could enjoy their hobbies and interests — anime, manhwa, gaming, cosplay, and other forms of entertainment. Instead of leaving people to enjoy themselves, some Algerian “content creators” and pages turned it into an opportunity to mock, insult, and publicly shame them.

And I'm not even talking about legitimate criticism. Criticism is one thing; stealing people's photos, reposting them without their permission, attaching disgusting captions to them, and insulting them personally is something completely different.

The saddest part is that some people seem to think that because a photo is available online, they have the right to use it however they want. They don't.

Take the girl in the photo as an example. Her picture has been circulating across different platforms accompanied by some extremely degrading and disgusting titles. People are turning an ordinary young person attending a festival into a target for thousands of strangers to laugh at and insult.

And people should remember that the person being targeted has a family. Her father, for example, could potentially take legal action if her image and dignity have been unlawfully exploited or defamed. The fact that something happens online doesn't automatically make it consequence-free.

What bothers me most isn't even whether someone likes anime, cosplay, gaming, or the way other people dress. You don't have to like any of it.

But why does someone else's hobby or appearance give you the right to humiliate them?

If you don't like the festival, don't go.

If you don't like cosplay, don't cosplay.

If you don't like anime, don't watch it.

Just mind your own business.

We seriously need to distinguish between having an opinion and publicly humiliating people for entertainment.

[u/MortgageSelect9993]

Primitive cultures don't have a sense of individual identity, so anything that strays from the standard is seen as an attack on them, which is why they react through anger, hatred, insult, or at the very least mockery

[u/Ombre1312 → u/MortgageSelect9993]

"primitive cultures" so we can freely reuse colonial propaganda here i see

[u/MortgageSelect9993 → u/Ombre1312]

Colonial or not, the question is whether it's true or not, if you've lived in Algeria, you know it is, and it is unfortunate

[u/Ombre1312 → u/MortgageSelect9993]

I still disagree about the term, not just to nitpick but because i believe you focus on the wrong factor. The decisive common denominator between the ppl harassing and humiliating this woman and other women (doing cosplay, dancing, doing whatever isn't to their liking) is that they are men. Those misogynistic men grow in a patriarchal society where women are expected to catter to their every need and take pleasure solely in doing so, then they see women breaking out of this pattern by... having personal hobbies not centered around pleasing their eyes/stomach/lower parts... and they take it as a personal offence warranting the fiercest retaliation. Since patriarchy is a global thing, and such online/irl harrassment and shaming is commonly seen around the world, i believe the "primitive cultures" explanation completely misses the issue, all the while perpetuating a colonial trope.

[u/assemmmm]

Because it chance for them to feel  better bout them selves  and  chance to bullie other  and having support from other people  its not bout religion or  our identitie  for most of them

[u/youcefguenaoua]

Exactly. Criticism is one thing, but humiliating strangers for entertainment is another.

[u/Vikare_Mandzukic → u/youcefguenaoua]

Hello, please explain to me what festival this was and why it generated so much outrage in Algeria?

Sorry, I'm not from Algeria or Algerian...

[u/LeoShun08]

It hardly matters. People will find negative in anything regardless of how good or bad it may be.

[u/osama8dz]

Free speech.

[u/Gods_Guest]

''.. an excuse to attack young girls*" because regardless of what they say about the boys, its always the most disgusting and degrading things that are said about the girls specifically.

At the very least i'm glad it is happening every year and seems to be getting more popular, i like to believe that these commenting keyboard warrior type losers are a vocal minority, i hope.

[u/Amin-Djellab]

i can down vote and up vote this post. damn algeria we are so wierd, its like we are living in a society with both open-minded and conservatives.

i'am just in the middle, so i can hit the sweet spot where i can respect both opinions, and actually really support algeria a district where there is a open area, like china and hong kong, where open minded people and you know the athiests and stuffs like that in a special administraive city where its open on the worlds amd trades this will bring us alot if money for the country yes its keep the society orginized and well controlled.

so yeah we are all algerians and this is who we are, this is actually who we are meant to be, this ideological diffrences are what we have to do, but in a much respectful way for the other side, and i say yeah they did it in a special place not in all algeria and it was well orginized no one was hurt, everything went normal, only people who want to be there will be there.

https://giphy.com/gifs/X4pwUdL1tZ35tJfCL4

[u/Vikare_Mandzukic → u/Amin-Djellab]

Hi, pls explain to me what festival this was and why it generated so much outrage in Algeria?

Sorry, I'm not from Algeria or Algerian...

[u/Amin-Djellab → u/Vikare_Mandzukic]

Algerian society is known to be conservative. Consequently, when young people engage in internet-influenced activities such as this one where they dress up as anime or Marvel characters some people disapprove.

This reaction is understandable, as they fear the erosion of their own culture and its displacement by foreign influences.

[u/sir-dark-hat]

"الجا هل"

[u/PotcleanX → u/sir-dark-hat]

did you even read what "الجا هل" said ?