“Congratulations to the Italian people for winning the World Cup. … They won after France’s best player got ejected for head butting. That’s the closest anyone in a French uniform has come to combat in 60 years”

— Jay Leno

The Tonight Show, July 11th, 2006
French Bashing and Francophobia

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