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We really need a decent channel to petition other countries, as the US public. Maybe we could write on a legal pad and hold it up in the rear window as we pass

by pksebben 10mo ago

We really need a decent channel to petition other countries, as the US public. Maybe we could write on a legal pad and hold it up in the rear window as we pass them on the highway.

komali2 10mo ago
Or you could make like the French and actually do something about the death and destruction your nation subjects the rest of the planet to.
- saubeidl 10mo ago
  It's funny how the French are portrayed as cowards in American popular culture, when in reality the French would've gotten the guillotines out already while the Americans... cower.
  - pksebben 10mo ago
    not even a joke, we're skipping the 4th and celebrating bastille day this year. Ten days apart and the food and drink are just better.
  - ekianjo 10mo ago
    Certainly not the current French, though.
    - wongarsu 10mo ago
      They no longer get the guillotines out, but they still protest like no one else. Not always about the right issues, but at least they have the spirit
    - saubeidl 10mo ago
      You sure? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/block-everything-protests-sweep-across-france-scores-arrested-2025-09-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/block-everything-protes...
      - ekianjo 10mo ago
        I think we were talking about the guillotine earlier on
        saubeidl 10mo ago
        They're metaphoric these days ;)
  - 1718627440 10mo ago
    > It's funny how the French are portrayed as cowards Are they? Where does that come from?
    - komali2 10mo ago
      It used to be I guess a slur, "surrender monkeys," because France surrendered during WWII and there was a Nazi-collaborator government established filled with French politicians. It's unfair given the reality and importance of the French resistance, but, that's where it comes from.
      - pksebben 10mo ago
        That one was the brits if I'm not mistaken - Jeremy Clarkson specifically (who I have a lot of affection for - Top Gear was a significant part of my childhood, but he does make an art out of being offensively wrong).
        graemep 10mo ago
        It seems to have originated in The Simpsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkey...
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We really need a decent channel to petition other countries, as the US public. Maybe we could write on a legal pad and hold it up in the rear window as we pass them on the highway.

komali2 10mo ago

Or you could make like the French and actually do something about the death and destruction your nation subjects the rest of the planet to.

saubeidl 10mo ago
It's funny how the French are portrayed as cowards in American popular culture, when in reality the French would've gotten the guillotines out already while the Americans... cower.
- pksebben 10mo ago
  not even a joke, we're skipping the 4th and celebrating bastille day this year. Ten days apart and the food and drink are just better.
- ekianjo 10mo ago
  Certainly not the current French, though.
  - wongarsu 10mo ago
    They no longer get the guillotines out, but they still protest like no one else. Not always about the right issues, but at least they have the spirit
  - saubeidl 10mo ago
    You sure? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/block-everything-protests-sweep-across-france-scores-arrested-2025-09-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/block-everything-protes...
    - ekianjo 10mo ago
      I think we were talking about the guillotine earlier on
      - saubeidl 10mo ago
        They're metaphoric these days ;)
- 1718627440 10mo ago
  > It's funny how the French are portrayed as cowards Are they? Where does that come from?
  - komali2 10mo ago
    It used to be I guess a slur, "surrender monkeys," because France surrendered during WWII and there was a Nazi-collaborator government established filled with French politicians. It's unfair given the reality and importance of the French resistance, but, that's where it comes from.
    - pksebben 10mo ago
      That one was the brits if I'm not mistaken - Jeremy Clarkson specifically (who I have a lot of affection for - Top Gear was a significant part of my childhood, but he does make an art out of being offensively wrong).
      - graemep 10mo ago
        It seems to have originated in The Simpsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkey...
- deleted 10mo ago
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