France,
Once upon a time you came to America and helped us defeat a king.
Any chance you can come teach us how to protest? You folks seem to have perfected your technique.
Step 1) Be entitled
Step 2) Have politicians whine that you’re entitled
Step 3) Remind them physically that you’re entitled to be entitled or they’ll be sorry
Step 4) Profit
I feel like there should be a guillotine in there somewhere…
Well, that’s Step 3 in certain dire circumstances; except they end up sorry in hell. Most hope it never gets to that extreme.
I’ve been hoping it doesn’t get to that extreme but the hope feels fainter every day
Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership: authorities
Toulouse (France) (AFP) – A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor’s office said Monday.
The prosecutor’s office told AFP an investigation has been opened into Sunday night’s attack on a dealership near the southern city of Toulouse which left eight cars burned out.
Another four cars were badly damaged amid evidence the blaze was “not at all accidental”, said the prosecutor’s office.
Philippe Guyot, mayor of the Toulouse suburb of Plaisance-du-Touch, told AFP firefighters had quickly determined that the cause of the blaze was criminal, adding the dealership premises had not been targeted.
A handful of anti-Tesla actions have occurred in Europe since Elon Musk’s rapprochement with US President Donald Trump, his backing of European far-right parties and attacks on diversity.
Sales of Tesla cars halved year-on-year in January 2025 in Germany and France.
The fact I gotta wonder if people lit them on fire in they lit themselves on fire due to shitty design is telling of what kind of company it is.
Rule!
Yes!
Hitting the bastards in the pocket is one of the most effective ways of sending a message.
Based
The Storming of the Asstille.
That’s the best I can do
I like it! Solid effort. I love a good history reference pun.
Because I believe I’ve seen you make It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia references before, I feel obligated to share what popped in my head when I saw this post ('cause my goofy brain is always forcing connections to it): “I will burn you alive like the last bitch who crossed me!” & “Ya light ONE Tesla dealership on fire and everybody FREAKS OUT!” - The French, apparently. They’re still hot!
At this point burning cars is just as much part of french culture as the baguette
The French national bird is a Molotov cocktail
While you may be right, I still want to make sure the Finns get credit for naming these home made petrol bombs since the origin of the name is just so badass.
molotov cockatiel*
I really like that this says “first” as if they’re immediately anticipating more
Between the unrelenting protests and De Gaulle I’m very glad Germany gets to call France its ally these days
a qoute from marge simpsons, the french can be unpredictable" one minute thier kissing your hand, the next they are chopping your head off"
Sometime im proud of my country
In these crazy times we need to stick together and make sure they can’t break us. 🇳🇱
Wow, that was an oversight of the Quality Department. Very likely that they allowed non-conforming batteries be installed in those vehicles. Oh well.
They overheat when you look at them too intensely.
I envy the French and their ability to fucking be disobedient.
I think we’re running out the possibility that all the cars caught fire at the same time too early!
I’ve made fun of the French all my life for being smelly cowards, but perhaps we Americans are the smelly cowards.
Sorry France. Clearly you know how to get shit done.
We Americans have been propagandized all our lives to look down on the French, even before they whole “freedom fries” dumbfuckery.
We need to show them more respect.
It’s the same with other EU countries, NATO article 5 has been triggered once, after 911. We came to help and lost many soldiers in Afghanistan etc. Now Russia is a major thread to Europe and the US is actively helping Russia.
I used to get into arguments about the “cowards” thing. Like yeah, they forfeit a time or two and lost a few fights. So have most countries, whether they let you know about it or not.
They have also been a global super power for at least as long as America has existed, or longer, depending on what you consider to be a super power. So yeah, they brushed up against a couple of rough patches in that time lol
I think France has won more wars than any other nation in history.
They’re also a big part of the reason America won the Revolutionary War in the first place.
A big part
I would argue America wouldn’t exist without Frances aid, at least not in the form that it does now. Whether that was different founding fathers because of lives lost or still being an English colony one can only guess
I can tell you that the attitude in Poland is along the lines of “we had a defensive pact, but when we actually got attacked, France just refused to come and help, then promptly surrendered”.
Poland has a very significantly better reason to think of France as cowards than America does lmao
People need to remember that when France came to honor their pact to help Serbia, we all got WWI and Petain wasn’t too keen on doing that again.
Not defending his decision because I don’t think there is anything much more shameful than abandoning an ally being attacked, but it’s important to maybe understand context.
The man speaks truth, perhaps we were lied to so we wouldn’t look too closely at the united powerhouse of their working class
Yup, that’s what it is all about. Divide and conquer. The consolidation of capitalism is happening globally. We are more than them. The only way for them to keep their stolen riches, is to put a wedge between everyone. Imho there is nothing more ridiculous and self harming than nationalism, classism and all of the other -isms.
On the other hand, in my admittedly short visit there, it seemed like the public sector was broken there. You have to summon a magical spirit to find out what day of the month the post office pretends to be open. You have to be currently on fire for the fire department to consider showing up to an emergency… Beautiful country, excellent food, but, I’ve never seen such a dysfunctional “developed” country. If I was a citizen I’d be pretty pissed all the time as well.
Those folks have been militaristic badasses through history, from sacking Rome, to Jeanne d’Arc, to Napoleon, to the modern French Foreign Legion. But they make one tactical error with the Maginot Line, and everybody calls them “cowards,” SMH.
For real, France gets so much unwarranted hate. The US wouldn’t exist without them.
To be fair, since we’re talking about their historical militarism, we can definitively blame the French for being the reason English is so hard to learn and is an inconsistent, bad language all-around. Never forget 1066. Also, before we get the circlejerk going, let’s remember that the French government plays dirty just like everyone else, like their insanely unethical nuclear testing in the pacific and their later state-directed terrorism against new Zealand in an attempt to continue said nuclear malfeasance.
ETA: (To be clear, as an american, I’d much rather be French right about now, but we need to be realistic. All humans are crappy in large groups when given unchecked power. I just want to be clear we should be hailing the French people, not the French government)
There are still people here who were there for the Resistance.
That’s the mentality you guys need to start adopting, because clearly the nice way hasn’t worked so far.I’ve never personally burnt a Tesla to the ground, afraid my citizenship may get revoked 🇫🇷
There’s still time 🙏
Tbf they’re only smelly because they have better cheese than we do
As a Spaniard, France has witched it’s place with America in my head.
You know america fucked up when it can overcome the implicit hatred towards your neighbor.
We have a long history of complaining and resisting to quite anything, bad or good. And also cutting head from time to time.
