Why the French Hate The U.S.

[jough]

[misterqueue]

It's not just that I'm sure.  There's gotta be a little sting every time we put some crappy sausage patty at a fast food joint on a Croissant.

[pmcd9]

There's gotta be a little sting every time we put some crappy sausage patty at a fast food joint on a Croissant.

Funny, I feel sorry for the sausage.  Croisanwich, worst idea ever!

~Paul

[robot_god]

Sausage and cheese on a Dunkin Donuts croissant is pretty unstoppable, if you ask me.  Give or take egg.

[miles]

Weren't they Belgian to begin with, anyway?

[Honeycombhideout]

What is up with this guy?

http://www.fuckfrance.com/

[jough]

I don't know, but this has to be another reason to hate the U.S.:



Also, Motorola cameraphones are pretty hateful.

[Honeycombhideout]

I blame Lance Armstrong.

[Doc]

Looking at that those things I can only assume that france would consider it a favour to no longer be associated with such abuse of the common potatoe.
I don't know though, do the french really hate the US that much? I always just thought the US hated france and so assumed (as they are apt to do with all their enemies, real and assumed) that the feeling is mutual.
The whole US-France thing always conused me anyway, from my superficial knowledge of the two nations histories' you would think they would have more in common than most other countries, they could at least team up and hate the english together.

More towards topic: Freedom fries are the stupidest goddamn idea ever, but you knew that, they seem to me indicative of this general tendency to believe that words are more important than actions.

[Drygioni]

Having been to France almost every year for the past decade, it is easy to see they generally dislike people not from the continent. Most seem to tolerate my French-speaking family, despite us being British, but I have seen on more than one occasion Americans being thrown out of restaurants, being given the finger by youths and one poor soul even got knocked off his bicycle by a car.

On every such instance, the unfortunate tourists were wearing either a baseball cap, T shirt or shorts emblazoned with the stars and stripes, or a I <3 New York type thing. All other Americans were okay in their fairly generic clothing. Of course, they could have just been Canadians. I can't distinguish accents.

In conclusion:
Judy's tips on how to survive in France

1. Don't excessively show off which country you come from. People will think you are a dick.
2. Learn to speak the bloody language.
3. DO NOT GO INTO A TRADITIONAL FRENCH RESTAURANT AND ASK THEM TO MAKE YOU A TRIPLE HAMBURGER IN ENGLISH VERY LOUDLY. (Yes, I saw this happen.)
4. Much like this board, French people may appear hostile, but be nice and they will accept you. Maybe.

So, back on topic, I blame tourists for France's negative perception of the U.S. Toodle pip.

[Honeycombhideout]

Don't excessively show off which country you come from. People will think you are a dick.

People will be right. 

[jough]

The French are also pretty racist and nationalist, though.  They fear losing their national identity, since everything they experience in culture comes from somewhere else.  They listen to American and British music, they watch American film and television, they're even wearing fashions out of New York. 

Also, Paris is not France.  I think what people think of when they think of "the French" think of Parisians, which are the worst type of French.  Think of Paris as the Los Angeles of France.  It's not really representative of the rest of the country.   People from Paris even hate other Frenchmen.  They make fun of people from Provence like we would mock hillbillies here.  And of course people from the farming regions are the nicest, friendliest people on the planet.  Go figure.

Anyway, I wasn't really remarking on why the Parisians hate the U.S. as much as I was marvelling at what "France" means to the American Culture, which is completely distilled in the Caesars "Paris" Casino (as seen above).

It's like making a papier-mâché pu$$y and titling it "Paris Hilton."

[Drygioni]

Also, Paris is not France.  I think what people think of when they think of "the French" think of Parisians, which are the worst type of French.  Think of Paris as the Los Angeles of France.  It's not really representative of the rest of the country.   People from Paris even hate other Frenchmen.  They make fun of people from Provence like we would mock hillbillies here.  And of course people from the farming regions are the nicest, friendliest people on the planet.  Go figure.

My personal experience does not corroborate. We almost always stay in Provence (very rural south of France. Education.) and they are pretty much worse than the Parisians. There is, like you mentioned, a lot of fear about national identity: down South there are a LOT of second homes for greedy English people.

As to asshole-ishness, it is of course all down to one's own experiences, so I will say no more.

[Honeycombhideout]

Paris is not France.  I think what people think of when they think of "the French" think of Parisians, which are the worst type of French.  Think of Paris as the Los Angeles of France.  It's not really representative of the rest of the country.   People from Paris even hate other Frenchmen.  They make fun of people from Provence like we would mock hillbillies here.  And of course people from the farming regions are the nicest, friendliest people on the planet.  Go figure.

I went to Nice from Paris a few years back and found the people there to be infinitely more personable than their Parisian counterparts.  The first bar I walked into even had a sign over the door that read "Welcome to Our Liberators".  I was all, "Hells yes!  You sort of mean me!"

[jough]

Yeah, I really like the French, but I'm also very much white.  If you don't look white, or even if you don't look French, you'll find that you're treated much differently there.  Racism in France now is like racism was in the U.S. around 1950.