• RickyRigatoni@piefed.social
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    11 hours ago

    Note how anti-french sentiments in US only get serious when republicans are in power. Otherwise it’s just “hon hon hon stinky frenchman more baguette please we love you ❤️”.

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      5 hours ago

      Yeah, I really don’t think most of it’s serious. Like ribbing between friends.

      Except the stupid political stuff from Republicans, like you said.

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      3 hours ago

      Right… its usually casual xenophobia. Which never in any country becomes habitual serious xenophobia, particularly not in the US.

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        1 hour ago

        When the english and australians do it it’s just a bit of banter but when the americans join in it’s xenophobia.

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        6 hours ago

        Yeah no Gerard Depardieu is a pretty big insult. I mean, it fits with the whole rapist pedo government but still.

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            4 hours ago

            Yeah no, he’s a big piece of shit who did and said a lot of crap,

            I’ll quote just two small sentences from the big wikipedia page, and the wikipedia page is only a summary.

            “The girls wanted to be raped. I mean, there’s no such thing as rape. It’s only a matter of a girl putting herself in a situation where she wants to be”

            On 13 May 2025, Depardieu was convicted on both counts of sexual assault. He was handed an 18 month suspended sentence. The court commented that Depardieu did not appear to have “grasped the notion of consent”. He appealed against his conviction

            Of course France, who looooves rapists and pedo (just take a look at random government heads, or if you want to make yourself throw up look up Matzneff) has been loving him and defending him for literally half a century.