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"Anyone but the French" t-shirts. British tabloids stoking anti-French sentiment.

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    #92
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    the_syco wrote: »
    The only difference between the Republicans up North and the French is that the French haven't bombed England. The French hate the english, but love the Irish. If you're english, the hotel is full. If you're Irish, they have a few rooms vacant.

    The French love the Irish because they bombed the English, that's all.

    they love anyone they can hide behind.


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    #93
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Dionysus wrote: »
    Well said. I couldn't agree more. It's no coincidence that these "Oirish" anti-French campaigns are being run by rightwing British media and particular British stores in Ireland.

    Which "British Stores"?


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    #94
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Must be time for me to get my "Murdoch is a Wanker" t-shirt out again.

    He's just a jumped up Aussie.

    Most aussies are jumped-up.


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    #95
    evil_seed
    Registered Users Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭evil_seed


    I read the first 3 words in the OP and didn't bother reading the rest. Anything associated with that newspaper should be left well alone.

    Now my own opinion of the French at the World Cup is that I'll be cheering on their opposition. Some things in football are hard to let go


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    #96
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Wade in the Sea wrote: »
    It's so Ironic. That’s sort of "The joke is on you" for Sun Readers. The Sun, Red Top of choice for English Football's hardcore fans are pitting the Paddies against the Frogs. And in the case of the Sun they are using these muppets to advertise their logo at the same time. I for one will be taking the total piss out of anyone I see in these shirts.

    and I for I will look forward to taking the piss out of those muppets with no sense of loyal humour.


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    #97
    prinz
    Registered Users Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    England/Britain (anti-EU)
    NatWW wrote: »
    Most of Henry's team members are ashamed of what he did and are surely not proud of making it to the World Cup in these conditions.

    The rest of them were too busy shagging underage hookers to care :rolleyes:
    NatWW wrote: »
    So yeah, I'm ranting because I just argued with my hubby (Irish) who thought that all this is just a bit of joke for fun. It might have been fun when the first anti-French advert came out but this is not fun anymore, I can assure you...

    .....and I can assure you I have spoken to French people who think it's harmless fun and have assured me the same thing would happen in France. Build a bridge.


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    #98
    johnny_knoxvile
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭johnny_knoxvile


    im supporting Ivory Coast...not sure why.


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    #99
    Zebra3
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    Surprised to see Dunnes are selling racist t-shirts in children's sizes.

    Depicting a French person as a frog, how classy. :rolleyes:

    One customer lost.


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    #100
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Considering we speak English, not a huge surprise.

    >>>>>>WHOOOOSH>>>>> ;)


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    #101
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    England/Britain (anti-EU)
    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Which "British Stores"?

    You just waded into this without reading the post I responded to, didn't you. Curry's, for starters, according to that poster.


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    #102
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    England/Britain (anti-EU)
    Sonnenblumen wrote: »
    loyal humour.

    Ahem. Which is? When a French tourist gets beaten on a Dublin street by some Dublin scumbag who is influenced by these people?

    If you think there are not potentially serious consequences to this sort of campaign you are overestimating the, well, thought process of people in a certain section of society.


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    #103
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    England/Britain (anti-EU)
    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Considering we speak English, not a huge surprise.

    I think the poster was doing a parody.


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    #104
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    England/Britain (anti-EU)
    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Surprised to see Dunnes are selling racist t-shirts in children's sizes.

    Depicting a French person as a frog, how classy. :rolleyes:

    One customer lost.

    Are you being facetious? Does it actually equate a French person with a frog, or it's simply a t-shirt with a frog?

    Any link?


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    #105
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Dionysus wrote: »
    You just waded into this without reading the post I responded to, didn't you. Curry's, for starters, according to that poster.

    I read lots, but all your anti British bile merged into one after a while.

    The only store I noticed on here selling anyone but the French stuff was Penney's, which is as Irish as Lyons Tea and Guinness.


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    #106
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    England/Britain (anti-EU)
    The French tried to help us gain independent, although they were slacking off during the 20th century and now in the 21st century them and Germany are trying to take away our independents. But you gotta like them for helping our ancestors .......


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    #107
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,982 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    The French tried to help us gain independent, although they were slacking off during the 20th century and now in the 21st century them and Germany are trying to take away our independents. But you gotta like them for helping our ancestors .......

    I'm all for that, if it gets rid of Jackie Healy-Rae.


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    #108
    Zebra3
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    Dionysus wrote: »
    Are you being facetious? Does it actually equate a French person with a frog, or it's simply a t-shirt with a frog?

    Any link?

    It has a frog handling a football with something like "Anyone but the French". It's blatant racist clothing aimed at kids.

    Shame on Dunnes.

    Sorry no link.


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    #109
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Zebra3 wrote: »
    It has a frog handling a football with something like "Anyone but the French". It's blatant racist clothing aimed at kids.

    Shame on Dunnes.

    Sorry no link.

    Dunnes then is obviously the British owned clothes shop of choice for xenophobic, racist, Sun reading England fans.

    Or maybe xenophobic, racist, Sun reading Ireland fans.


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    #110
    franklyon
    Registered Users Posts: 614 ✭✭✭franklyon


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    the second time they only decided they were on our side when we started winning) we have been fighting them ever since.

    Maybe your history books are different over there? Care to elaborate?
    stovelid wrote: »
    Spot on.

    Not to mention stinky Gauloises, Existentialism, stripy jumpers and rolling over to the Bosch.
    Bosch is a company FYI. Most people smoke Lucky Strike and nobody wears stripy jumpers, they do tend to dress in black too often though.


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    #111
    smokingman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭smokingman


    England/Britain (anti-EU)
    Dunno about you lot but I'm supporting the French for the world cup - was going to before the sun headlines and am still.

    Gonna cheer when the brits get kicked out though, old habbits and all that :)


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    #112
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    franklyon wrote: »

    Bosch is a company FYI. Most people smoke Lucky Strike and nobody wears stripy jumpers, they do tend to dress in black too often though.

    It's a fair cop.

    What's it going to be: lines or detention?


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    #113
    cson
    Registered Users Posts: 14,413 ✭✭✭✭cson


    I'll say this much about the French; they have a fecking banging National Anthem. La Marseillaise is some choon.


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    #114
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    funny that. the british rags were throwing their toys out of the pram when the scottish were wearing 'anybody but england' t shirts but dont seem to mind these ones


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    #115
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,982 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    stovelid wrote: »
    It's a fair cop.

    What's it going to be: lines or detention?

    You'll be forced to eat a stale French-loaf sideways.


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    #116
    PK2008
    Registered Users Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭PK2008


    Confab wrote: »
    Most aussies are jumped-up.

    The kanga-roos are anyway


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    #117
    Minstrel27
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    funny that. the british rags were throwing their toys out of the pram when the scottish were wearing 'anybody but england' t shirts but dont seem to mind these ones

    Racism is not cool when it is directed at you.


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    #118
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Again , if the Irish people stop buying the British tabloids they will go away , much the same way as Sky News Ireland.

    Have some degree of pride in your country and push back against the campaigning these gutter rags do in our name. If we cut their market out they go away.

    We are more than capable of showing our own predijuces without the British influence.


    I still hate Thierry Henry and Kevin Kilbane


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    #119
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    franklyon wrote: »
    Maybe your history books are different over there? Care to elaborate?

    Maybe they are. Yours obviously don't mention the Vichy government.


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    #120
    That_Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Anyone wearing one of these "Anyone but the French" t-shirts should be shot.

    Get over it FFS.


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    #121
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    NatWW wrote: »
    Tarring everyone with the same brush... That is soo last year you know. Thank you for your valuable input...

    No thats a French hangup, eg why is it so that those silly French folk always assume that if you speak English you are English?


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