We Monitor French-Bashing. Est 2003
“Look. We’re not French. We don’t surrender.” – U.S. Representative Pete Sessions (TX-32) (R) in front of World War II monument in Washington. Pete Sessions is no stranger to controversy. In 2009, he said the Republican Party understood legislative “insurgency a little but more because of the Taliban”. In 2010,
Plus ça change … You know the rest. It really doesn’t matter what France’s Foreign Policy is any more, if the France is against the US, we’re the usual duplicitous, traitorous cowards that deserve to be mocked and if France supports a US intervention, then we’re ridiculed as a useless
Do you remember FranceStinks.com and GermanyStinks.com? If you don’t, it’s no big deal, but back in 2003 this website was the darling of the right wing media (1) as widespread French Bashing was being unleashed on the American Public. Featuring crass and vulgar materials, the website was the brainchild of
Simply WOW! 2013 will be the 10th year of Miquelon.org and our bid to educate the entertainment industry, the media, politicians and the public about the ill informed roots of French Bashing and Anti-French sentiment. We – the community – have had some victories and some success, but there is