For the record, I think Freedom Fries were what they renamed the fries in the Congressional cafeteria or something like that. I never saw it on any menu outside

For the record, I think Freedom Fries were what they renamed the fries in the Congressional cafeteria or something like that. I never saw it on any menu outside of that. But it wasn't hard for me or my circle of friends to criticize, because it was so goddamn stupid. Not least because "French" fries were invented in Belgium. But there was also the very convenient oversimplification it represented, where supposedly "the terrorists" attacked us because they "hate our freedom." Jeez I dunno guys, could it be maybe slightly more complicated than that? I don't know what it's called in pop psychology, but you know how when a psychopath/narcissist does something shitty like I dunno steal your TV remote, and then when you call them on it, they cloak it in virtue saying they can't believe you would "accuse" or "attack" them for nobly defending you and your children from the corrosive influence of TV and/or lack of exercise? Yeah that. Once I was at a gathering in 2003 and somebody had this weird-looking bulldog. Someone asked about it, and it turned out to be a French bulldog. So I said "You mean Freedom Bulldog" and everybody had a laugh. Related: Big pickup trucks with "boycott France" stickers on them. Like any of those guys had ever bought anything from France!