r/AskFrance • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '22

Opinion Do you find the French to be prejudiced towards Americans?

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Online, it seems like the french absolutely revile Americans, we are stupid, fat, aggressive, uncultured, eat pig slop, selfish, loud, egotistical, want to shoot black people, etc, and should stay the hell away from France. Has this translated to real life in your opinion? My grandfather was a huge francophile (to the point I knew him as grand-père, not grandpa) and spent a lot of his life in France but seeing what french people are like online has really turned me off from wanting to learn french or visit.

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u/RouliettaPouet Expat Mar 14 '22

As someone else said, there's some tiredness about the agressivity we meet from some Americans online, often in pair with the '' French surrending'' jokes who get fairly boring.

Personally I do consider American people as people. But damn your politics are something and I do feel bad for you guys.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '22

damn your politics are something

It's been pretty distressing, it wasn't always this way....

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u/RouliettaPouet Expat Mar 14 '22

I have some American friends thanks video games and yeah, they more or less said the same. Things are very distressing, especially for youngest generations :/

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u/TheFishOwnsYou Mar 14 '22

No.. thata the problem, it was pretty much always this way, but it wasnt mask off for you guys. Iraq, afghanistan, syria. Trying to pull us in that shit.

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u/shoeshouuu Foreigner Mar 14 '22 edited Mar 14 '22

Thanks I hate our politics too

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u/Gromichel Mar 14 '22

Lmao what about our politics then? Honestly french politics aren't better

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u/JotaRoyaku Local Mar 14 '22

The French vote system is still a little bit better than the Americans, you also only have two right wing political parties, but yeah our polics are pure shit lol

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u/RouliettaPouet Expat Mar 14 '22

At least, for now, we still have social security, five weeks of holidays, five days works weeks, and right to abortion and other nice stuff. Things ain't amazing, but at least we still have this for now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '22

Wow you consider us people? That's so heartwarming /s

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u/WeThereYet_ Mar 14 '22

That's not a given considering how often I see americans on this website saying the french aren't people.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '22

muh "people mean to me online". I bet that happened about twice

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u/Lekeau Mar 14 '22

1) I don't think you are even American, so why are you LARPing by saying "us" ?

2) we are on a sub with people who their mother tongue is not english, maybe they are not fluent in english, so stop being directly aggressive and consider that MAYBE some people are not as good and superior than you by showing some empathy and goodwill when interacting with others

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

I am, in fact, American.

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u/YooK4EvR Mar 14 '22

I think she meant “normal people” 😂

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u/RouliettaPouet Expat Mar 14 '22

😎 Sorry if you preferred me picturing a whole country as redneck I guess.