Also, fuck France; not for being cowardly or anything else the British roast them for, but for being ruthless imperialists
Well what if I ***French*** kissed you right here and now?
4 days ago by TotallynotJessica to c/onehundredninetysix
Jankatarch 11 points 4 days ago
Tho French did go around randomly adding "it's illegal to be gay now" on other countries' constitutions by late 1800s.
drcobaltjedi 8 points 4 days ago
I mean being better than the states is not a high bar. I say this as an american.
TotallynotJessica -3 points 4 days ago
Them being less depraved than the US and UK does not make them good.
TeaWithDani 10 points 4 days ago
French highschoolers are currently rioting over a shit school system. The French are hella based.
infinitesunrise 15 points 4 days ago
Fuck all nation states, including France.
TotallynotJessica 11 points 4 days ago
Last I checked, China is a in fact a nation state (and one that has historically thrown its weight around at that)
infinitesunrise 5 points 4 days ago
Did I stutter?
Madagaskar_sky 2 points 4 days ago
I'm confused. Why not say China? Are they not ruthless and selfish?
Madagaskar_sky 2 points 4 days ago
Ah, got it. Ducking bots.
cadmiumsandbox 10 points 4 days ago
i respect the lgbtq+ but if they are allowing fr*nch i need to reconsider /j
Mouselemming 9 points 4 days ago
If you leave a French flag out to get bleached by the sun and the rain long enough, does it turn into a Trans flag? Or are we going to be picky about its orientation?
NigelFrobisher 8 points 4 days ago
It’s the yanks who called the French cowardly for refusing to get into their Iraq war scam. We call them frog eaters and hope to continue to fight them for many centuries to come.
DonkeyStar 3 points 4 days ago
You misspelled Phroinxe.
psycholocomotor_no2 3 points 4 days ago
No kisses for fr*nch "people."
NOT_RICK 10 points 4 days ago
French troops were just recently thrown out of a lot of Saharan Africa, I’d say within the past 5 years. That has left a power vacuum filled by a mix of Islamic terrorism and Wagner mercenaries from Russia. In my opinion, the French were thrown out at least in part due to their refusal to come to full terms with their colonial past.
That said, I live in a glass house. I live in the US, the epicenter of attempting to ignore your colonial past. Shit, it’s more like a colonial present.
Gladaed 6 points 4 days ago
Yes, for they were asked to buy the Russian backed governments who got to power by coups.
Not particularly imperialist to just get up and leave.
Fighting against extreme Dschihadist forces could also be considered good/fine.
panda_abyss 7 points 4 days ago
They probably have a few Ruth’s.
Gladaed 2 points 4 days ago
Then they wouldn't be ruthless. Also I consider this a somewhat serious accusation. I only recall them being called that over the Mali/Sahel situation which is... Well the africa Corps calling them a neocolonialist bunch while extracting the wealth of Mali and committing enough massacres that al quaeda is hailed as their savors and are notable for upholding the rule of law better does not bode well. But that's probably not the situation Jessica is thinking about and you cannot start with that accusatory tone. Also the context was lost upon me as well when I first heard about that, so it would be a fair assumption, too.
rockSlayer 7 points 4 days ago
The whole "Scramble for Africa" bit
rockSlayer 8 points 4 days ago
something that ended in the 70s is pretty current imo
infinitesunrise 5 points 4 days ago
And why are we even consenting to this user inserting an arbitrary recency rule? The nation states of today stand atop the atrocities of their past. I don't give my country a pass on indigenous genocide or chattel slavery just because they happened before I was born. Quite the opposite, they're fundamental to the nation state that encloses me today. Nationalism is fucking gross, individuals are distinct from the states that lay claim to them and shouldn't be confusing their own honor for that of the state, a trap I feel this user has fallen into.
Madagaskar_sky 2 points 4 days ago
When they wanted Algeria to be part of France mainland and wouldn't take no for an answer. Their involvement in the Rawanda genocide. Their schenanigance in western Africa. Etc.
porous_grey_matter 2 points 4 days ago
France continues to exploit its African colonies (in all but name)
Gladaed 1 point 4 days ago
They look at historical data. The terminal downfall of francafrique is about where they stopped. I haven't read it yet though and cannot right now. Sure looks interesting.
Edits:They sure do look reputable, but then stop ten years in the past when major political changes took place and making statements about the presence is weird.
They also seem to not have been published in a journal which does make me Leary
Looking at the author's Wikipedia section (hickel) raises further doubt in the rigor of the study. It seemingly not addressing the disconnect in data and not being published does lead me to conclude that this is a bogus paper, though it is executed nicely and seems to make an effort it does over interpret data. The publishing company does not seem to make enough of an effort to disclose whom they are publishing.
Madagaskar_sky 1 point 4 days ago
I don't think the sixth French republic has arrived as of yet.
Gladaed 1 point 4 days ago
The things you are listing are things of the past and french interests and ambitions have shifted a lot in the last twenty years. Change is coming constantly and we must look forward and judge them based on who they are today, what evils they are committing today, whom they leave unpunished and what are they reasonably doing to right the wrongs of the past.
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You know... The French Revolution of 1789 (!) decriminalized homosexuality in all of its terrorities, including its colonies. While the UK kept forcing its homophobic laws on its colonies and did not decriminalized homosexuality until 1992/1994. Meanwhile many states of the US still have sodomy laws on its books. Mock the French, but maybe not for that one.
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