• Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Why do people have to support their claim the French aren’t nice when the French already do their best to be disliked? Have you ever experienced not being French in France? Have you ever experienced the French in their (former) colonies, how they act towards the locals? Have you ever experienced a French tourist in a different country, being angry because not everyone speaks French? I have experienced all of these scenarios. I have family in France, they aren’t different. My best friend is French, she left France because she thinks all French people are assholes. She’s never going back.

    Hatred towards the French is what the French created. They were so successful doing this, there’s no need to elaborate why exactly we’re making fun of them.

    I doubt you are French because if you were you would have surrendered immediately, so why bother defending them.

    • wieson@feddit.org
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      18 days ago

      Have you ever experienced not being French in France?

      Yes. And always have they been nice and helpful to me. When they sensed that I was stuck with my french, they tried to switch to English. Which wasn’t better than my french, but hey, who’s counting.

      Have you ever experienced the French in their (former) colonies, how they act towards the locals?

      No. And I respect that the perspective from (former) colonies can be quite negative.

      Have you ever experienced a French tourist in a different country, being angry because not everyone speaks French?

      No, not ever. I have heard tourists speaking french here and there, but no notable occurrences.

      I doubt you are French

      I’m not.