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[–] 9 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

The freedom fries thing was dumb as hell, but this is arguably worse. At least the freedom fries thing was a nation reeling after its biggest terrorist attack. This is just "you better not say anything even remotely mean about our president!" At all times.

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  • [–] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    At least the freedom fries thing was a nation reeling after its biggest terrorist attack.

    The political renaming occurred in context of France's opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq.

    Had nothing to do with 9/11.

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago

    Yes, and the greater context of the invasion of Iraq was... 9/11. I understand that the genuine purpose may have differed, but the populace was still painfully aware of 9/11, and this got lumped into the War on Terror that started as a direct result of 9/11. The invasion started a year and a half later, yeah, but I really don't think it would have had the same response without 9/11 having happened.

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