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[tealin]

So ... what was up with Bastille Day this year?

I mean, not in France; obviously there were parades and fireworks and stuff. I mean in the U.S. of A. I never remember this much attention being paid to Bastille Day outside of 'Learning about the culture is just as important as learning the language' bloody useless French class. Did I just never notice it before? Is it a California thing?* Or is it, as I cynically suspect, because we have a new administration and thus it's OK to not hate France anymore so anyone with an international perspective is celebrating this by overcompensating?

*very much doubt this

Comments

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

I see it as this pattern: A person knows someone is gay so they make sure they have nothing to do with that person because they are gay, such as go to see a movie they are in, or read a book they wrote. They may never openly mock gays in any way.

I have no doubt the people of France got the person they thought they wanted. I contend that the people of the USA did not take the time to fully investigate the person Obama was. They voted for the person they thought they wanted or were told they wanted. Then there are those who knew exactly what it was they wanted, whether it be a person of color no matter what other characteristics he had or a socialist Those people got exactly what they wanted.