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[–] 90 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Anti-French sentiment is new to USA from the 20th century, portraying the French as weak and needing rescue was a popular approach for those against war in Europe.

Historically France has been one of the best of friends to the USA.

Hating the French has typically been a European thing (and very English) because of the whole France dominating Europe time and again over the millennia.

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  • [–] 48 points 3 months ago* (5 children)

    Also this review was probably not posted by an american due to the spelling of "favourite".

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  • [–] 34 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    British also hate the French because of hundreds of years of war. Canadians also hate the French because we're basically Temu-British, and also because we hate Quebec.

    Only slightly tongue in cheek.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    checks out.

    • A québécois who has been told "ooh, you're one of those people" in Alberta on my way to the NWT.
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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    In all seriousness, obviously I can't speak for all, but I love you guys. My own french language skills may suck, but I'm glad you're part of our country and I appreciate your distinctiveness and all the other things you bring to the table for us. I think Quebec in particular deserves a lot of credit for preventing the rest of us from becoming so easily Americanized that we would've actually ended up the 51st state eventually. Culture's a hell of a weapon, and you guys defend yours fiercely, and that's both understandable and awesome in my books. Any teasing is directed mainly at my fellow anglos, and I know from personal experience that some Albertans can be real bigots, so that fits what I saw in my few decades living there too. I hope it's sufficiently clear that my comment is a joke and that it's coming from a place of love.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Worry not! It was my single bad experience in two and a half year in the NWT / Northern AB area.

    And we also got our fair share of bigots. They seem to be everywhere these days, and borders don't seem to matter in how they proliferate.

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