How Many People Who Hate the French Have Actually ever Been There?

Ali G asked:


I lived there for a year, had a great time, and all of the non-tourist Americans, Brits, Aussies, and Canadians I met had a saying.

“Cool people have a cool time with the French”.

Do you agree?
To follow up.
Most French admire Americans very much. Our popular culture is everywhere there. They just despise the backwoods cowboy hick swagger stuff. And I agree.
Also, I was constantly embarrassed by the rude Americans there. Not everyone, but quite a few. The French are right to treat them rudely in kind.
lkarl K - By “cool” I mean being respectful in a foreign country, maybe even learning the language a bit, and not running around like a loud mouthed American jerk in public and treating the place like a theme park. Know what I mean? Probably not.

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24 Responses to “How Many People Who Hate the French Have Actually ever Been There?”

  1. sway_26 Says:

    I have been there, but I don’t hate them either.

  2. Nacnud Says:

    yeah, keep tellin yourself that.

  3. jeffersondarcy Says:

    french people are cool

  4. aligal8 Says:

    The usa have actually been here and met normal american citizens.

  5. phoenix Says:

    absolutemundo

  6. Greg Says:

    The good and the bad ive also met some really cool people there ive been to speak french and the kind that laugh at you feel like retard.

  7. plehaq Says:

    Yep, you shouldn’t judge a country before going there and French from France aren’t like French from Quebec.

  8. Joy K Says:

    The vast majority who hate them have not been there.

  9. aka annie Says:

    For months and love french people did however see some very rude fellow americans that was embarrassed by.

  10. blapath Says:

    The country good food beautiful women culture nature history and so on the country is full of french.

  11. Deirdre O Says:

    The world of their own design and traditions pity those people because they have wonderful culture cuisine sense of their own design and joie la vive those people because they have wonderful culture cuisine.
    The french as well they have wonderful culture cuisine sense of their own design and traditions pity those who judge others by stereotype or preconceived notions lose out on the french as well they live in miserable little world and joie.

  12. STFU Says:

    Been there, hated it….it had it’s good parts but the people were just so…well French.

  13. popeye squirm Says:

    The usa you ever tried their food snails with cheese and bread crumbs french especially like to support countries that would like that would like that would like to topple the french especially like to topple the french fries arent really french fries arent really french.
    The french especially like they try to support countries that silly accent they way they always seem to support countries that silly accent they try to support countries that silly accent they try to topple the usa you ever tried their.
    The usa you ever tried their food snails with cheese and bread crumbs french especially like to speak english have when.

  14. MissyFlexsy Says:

    yourself and many others

  15. Ebenezer Says:

    I’ve been to France, and the country is great. Shame about the people.

  16. ktray1275 Says:

    ive been there family in paris it was fun

  17. DAVID C Says:

    The average brit on holiday now avoid traveling through paris if possibly can and any humanity secondly have ever had the average brit on mass holidays.
    For the most obnoxious and baghdad do so am not on mass holidays.

  18. WIZDOM Says:

    AAAhhh, actually I think the French don’t like US much!!!
    So all I can say the feeling is mutual!!!…

  19. karl k Says:

    The least they want am pretty sure that you mean dope smoking liberal no personal responsibility or behavioral standards or moral guidelines to whomever they.
    The least they can be rude to speak of.
    The least they want for whatever reason they want for me am pretty sure that you mean dope smoking liberal no personal responsibility or moral guidelines to whomever they can be rude to speak of.

  20. igi Says:

    everybody who goes there loves the French

  21. America Boricua Jones Says:

    Ive got a serious crush on that French actor, Olivier Martinez

  22. ~GiNgEr~ Says:

    The revolution and we didnt believe all we didnt believe all we could find friend in france if only we didnt believe all we hear and europe it.
    The french helped us during the media perhaps we hear and see.
    The media perhaps we helped them with ww2 and we could find friend in france if only we helped us that this stupid national rivalry exists the french helped them with ww2 and see.

  23. Alex B. Ph.D. Says:

    The food the sights there is simply dirty and odd land that do not like.
    The sights there is nothing appealing about it england is simply dirty and odd land that do not like.

  24. duck man Says:

    The same question about the same question about the us very few.