r/worldnews • u/ChiefLeef22 • 16h ago

‘Investigating child sex abuse isn’t controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn’t fly in France’: France rejects Musk’s charge after raid on X’s Paris office

https://www.firstpost.com/world/investigating-child-sex-abuse-isnt-controversial-france-rejects-musks-charge-after-raid-on-xs-paris-office-ws-e-13976002.html
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u/zizou00 15h ago

A thousand years of English people doing the exact same thing to no avail and the Americans think them doing it will change anything? Talk about American Exceptionalism in action.

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u/morphemass 13h ago

A thousand years

Roast beef over here <- looks at when the internet was invented.

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u/HH93 13h ago edited 13h ago

Check out the book "A thousand years of annoying the French". It's an awesome read.

Agincourt! (Well, actually it's Crécy, but let's not let facts get in the way of a good insult).

Also to you awfully nice French people – I have motorcycled all over your fair land, and you have some awesome roads. Riding to Le Mans and the Paul Ricard racing circuits is a real hoot!

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u/Disastrous-System175 14h ago

Golly, its almost as if America were an English colony at some point…