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> It's funny how the French are portrayed as cowards Are they? Where does that come from?
by 1718627440 11mo ago
> It's funny how the French are portrayed as cowards
Are they? Where does that come from?
- komali2 11mo agoIt 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 11mo agoThat 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 11mo agoIt 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...