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

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.

Dionysus

England/Britain (anti-EU)

m@cc@ wrote: »

Considering we speak English, not a huge surprise.

I think the poster was doing a parody.

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?

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.

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 .......

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.

Zebra3

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

cson

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

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

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.

PK2008

Confab wrote: »

Most aussies are jumped-up.

The kanga-roos are anyway

Minstrel27

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.

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

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.

That_Guy

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

Get over it FFS.

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?

pickarooney

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.

News for you buddy - not only can they not tell the difference, they don't give a cul de rat either way.

Sonnenblumen

Dionysus wrote: »

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.

Get a grip and if you are worried about anti social behaviours, there's a dozen suburbs around Paris and more French cities that dish out le Hain everyday to lots of innocent victims tourist or otherwise.

If it ain't lazy public servants, its militant trade unionists way ahead of Algerians, Commies, Nazis Mon le Pen.

But I like Inspector Clouseau, but he was an english actor?

pickarooney

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

Get a grip and if you are worried about anti social behaviours, there's a dozen suburbs around Paris and more French cities that dish out le Hain everyday to lots of innocent victims tourist or otherwise.

That's jolly decent of them, giving food to poor, lost tourists who have somehow managed to stray 30 km off track and into the cités.

prinz

England/Britain (anti-EU)

Jusqu'ici tout va bien.

ejmaztec

Fratton Fred wrote: »

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

A more striking difference is that history books in England and Ireland probably aren't in French.:pac:

Sonnenblumen

prinz wrote: »

Jusqu'ici tout va bien.

2 words:

1st word: Rainbow
2nd word: Warrior

tres bien

scudzilla

So long as France, England or Germany don't win then i don't give a rats

prinz

England/Britain (anti-EU)

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

2 words:
1st word: Rainbow
2nd word: Warrior
tres bien

Is that supposed to mean something tangible to me in particular right now or in this thread? Or just the basis for your own anti-French sentiments? What has that got to do with anything?

Sonnenblumen

prinz wrote: »

Is that supposed to mean something tangible to me in particular right now or in this thread? Or just the basis for your own anti-French sentiments? What has that got to do with anything?

What anti-French sentiments? So far so good?

Handsome Bob

England to win, Crouchie to be top goalscorer for no other reason than I like (most) of the English players. Plus because it's 150/1 and I have €10 on it. :pac:

Couldn't give a rats ass about France to be honest, fair play to them, I wouldn't have been complaining if the roles were reversed.

I saw those t-shirts in Penneys, and thought to myself only a wanker would wear them.

sdanseo

Dionysus wrote: »

Where do these arseholes individuals get off? The idea that the most rightwing anti-Irish media in the world, British tabloids, are now using the Ireland-France soccer game as a means to stoke up anti-French opinion in Ireland is surely breaching some laws on incitement to hatred.

There's already enough anti-French sentiment in Ireland. We don't the Sun to tell us they're a pile of cheating eejits.

However, the ~62,277,400 of them that aren't on the National football team are great people, and their country is lovely too. The paper is clearly inciting anti french SOCCER feelings, and nothing else tbh.

Also OP - your poll is simply stupid - what if (hypothetically) I support the English soccer team in the WC because I;d rather see them in given that we aren't there - but I'm pro-EU?

prinz

England/Britain (anti-EU)

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

What anti-French sentiments? So far so good?

Can you explan why you posted alluding to the Rainbow Warrior case? I can't see the connection whatsoever.

Magill

I'd like to see england get pretty far (obviously not win it tho ! JESUS, never hear the end of it). They are the players that we watch week in week out, so i'd rather watch them than any other team.

Hope france get destroyed in the group stages, and England to get beat in the semi's/final.

Zebra3

Magill wrote: »

I'd like to see england get pretty far (obviously not win it tho ! JESUS, never hear the end of it). They are the players that we watch week in week out, so i'd rather watch them than any other team.

No need to speak for us all. :rolleyes:

Sonnenblumen

prinz wrote: »

Can you explan why you posted alluding to the Rainbow Warrior case? I can't see the connection whatsoever.

I've spent a lot of time and money in France, so I'm hardly anti-France, but there's much within Franch culture to cause concern. Hardly so far so good?

The Rainbow Warrior criminal incident is an example how far those guys are willing to corrupt and deny:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior

Mister men

England/Britain (anti-EU)

LZ5by5 wrote: »

England to win, Crouchie to be top goalscorer for no other reason than I like (most) of the English players. Plus because it's 150/1 and I have €10 on it. :pac:

Couldn't give a rats ass about France to be honest, fair play to them, I wouldn't have been complaining if the roles were reversed.

I saw those t-shirts in Penneys, and thought to myself only a wanker would wear them.

I've got one and to boot i've got a "anyone but france" sticker in the car back window.

InTheTrees

If it wasnt for the french farmers the brits would have stopped all support for farmers in the EU.

Vive la france.

drakshug

England/Britain (anti-EU)

I've seen a few poster posting about the "British" reaction.
I watch British TV and as a Scot get a bit miffed at the plethora of products promoting England. Personally I wish I'd got my hands on this:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8533791.stm


To add salt to the wound, I was born in 66 so haven't ever had a bearable 21st, 40th etc without that bloody wembly crap.

ABE. Anyone but England. Guess you know who I won't be supporting.

Gerard.C

I'd support France against England anyway

Tail Wagger

Gerard.C wrote: »

I'd support France against England anyway

If that comes up, I'll be doing a bit of gardening?

Magill

Zebra3 wrote: »

No need to speak for us all. :rolleyes:

Obviously i meant the majority of football supporters in this country.

OutlawPete

I'd rather see England win it than France.

vodafoneproblem

Someone once told me, years ago, that The Sun in England was quite racist against the Irish. 'Nuff said. I don't hate the French over what Henri did and The Sun isn't going to make me start. The French's own attitude to the Henri incident helps, too.

Daemos

Well I for one have ordered that t-shirt, and intend on wearing it, and there are two very good reasons why:

1) Because people wear jerseys for teams they support, so this is basically a jersey for a team I don't support

2) Get a f*cking sense of humour, it's not like I'm going to kill someone just because they're French

OutlawPete

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Well I for one have ordered that t-shirt, and intend on wearing it, and there are two very good reasons why:

1) Because people wear jerseys for teams they support, so this is basically a jersey for a team I don't support

2) Get a f*cking sense of humour, it's not like I'm going to kill someone just because they're French

Well said.

Also, as far as I am concerned, this will only be over when France are (hopefully) knocked out.

They shouldn't be there and I intend to be down the Woolshed, pint in hand - booing them every step of the way.

And to all those that say: "Just get over it.."

No!

NTMK

TBH any striker would have done the same as henry and its that fcuking blind excuse for a ref Hansen and assistant wittbergs fault that were not in the world cup

Besides I've always wanted the french to fail since 98
Nothing against the people i just hate their football team

Gerard.C

When some people figure out that a football team is not an entire nation, this will be over. Jesus everything is so touchy PC these days. It's alright lads, have an auld laugh, you might feel a bit better

Stercus Accidit

Penneys are selling these shirts, dreadful trash, to be worn by trash.

The_Kew_Tour

France beat Costa Rica 2-1 tonight

O dear:mad::mad:

KrazeeEyezKilla

Shouldn't any Irish person want France to do well. Better be cheated out of the World Cup by one of it's best teams than be the team that blew their chances against a past it French team that got knocked out in the first round.

And anyone who can't see the connection between the Suns political views and the campaign clearly doesn't want to see it. They would love to see have the same lazy Frog bashing that's common in Britain and America happen here.