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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
But, still. I don't understand the downright hatred that I see coming from some people.
What gives?
Dave
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I've heard (and believe) that the personality trait you hate most in others is your own strongest personality trait.
Similarly, I believe that the reason we love to hate the French is because they're so much like us - the two oldest democracies in the world who firmly believe in their own exceptionalism, culture, language, self-righteousness ....
I've spent lots of time in France, from Normandy to Brittany, Paris, Provence, the Alsace, the Alps, and the Cote d'Or. Great place and fine people. FWIW, New Yorkers make Parisians seem overtly pleasant and accommodating.