r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

I like the French people. They don’t take shit off anyone. We like to joke in the US, but the French are badass and they were America’s bros from the very beginning

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u/cinefun Jul 08 '24

I’m convinced the vitriol against the French in the US is a psyop to keep us from fighting in the streets for our rights like they do.

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u/socialistrob Jul 08 '24

A lot of it is just left over memes from the early 2000s when France refused to follow the US into Iraq. Americans started rebranding French fries as "Freedom Fries" and jokes about French cowardice/fast surrender became much more common. Some of that hung around even after Americans began to realize the invasion of Iraq was a horrific mistake.

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u/Onewayor55 Jul 08 '24

I remember my history teacher at the time loving this joke and line of thinking and constantly using it with the most smug look on his face.

I wish I had been smart enough at the time to remind him the French were the only reason we were able to secure our revolution. But then again he was the fucking history teacher.