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22. Thank you. I did not realize that it is so bloody and vengeful

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Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:58 AM

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France had a huge parade today to celebrate Bastille Day. [View all] Ocelot II 23 hrs ago OP

Pootin's useful idiot didn't participate. Shame on him SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #1

He's too worried about his own 'Bastille Day' coming--- Jack Valentino 19 hrs ago #21

Glad that they showcased Ukraine.....they are carrying the flame of Democracy. OAITW r.2.0 23 hrs ago #2

And a World Cup semifinal underpants 23 hrs ago #3

I hope Spain wins the final because Trump will have to present the trophy. Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #5

That would be funny. 😄 underpants 23 hrs ago #6

Before he steals it? nt. Cha 22 hrs ago #14

It wasn't about him so he didn't care to recognize it Deuxcents 23 hrs ago #4

And the Arc de Triomphe is a real thing, while the Arc de Trump is just his tacky wet dream. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #7

Remember that time when Boba Fett showed up at the parade? lapucelle 22 hrs ago #8

I hope he wasn't invited so he didn't have the opportunity to decline the invitation. littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #9

He probably didn't want to see a parade that he tried to outdo but couldn't. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #11

Yes. It was pitiful and hilarious. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #12

On his birthday. nt Cha 21 hrs ago #15

Even better! calimary 21 hrs ago #16

France obviously knew that Spain would knock them out of the World Cup DFW 22 hrs ago #10

July 14th Bastille Day...I'll be celebrating France's victories BigmanPigman 22 hrs ago #13

Thank you. I did not realize that it is so bloody and vengeful question everything 19 hrs ago #22

Yes, it got ugly. Ocelot II 12 hrs ago #23

Thank you. And yet we often look at the French Revolution as... not sure, instructional? question everything 9 hrs ago #26

Me neither, until I saw a video with subtitles BigmanPigman 3 hrs ago #28

I'm still surpised it is celebrated... French Revolution was a failure that led to a dictatorship WarGamer 21 hrs ago #17

The French Revolution was complicated - it was really a series of "revolutions" Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #24

It led to many social and political changes Torchlight 11 hrs ago #25

It only took 100 years lol... WarGamer 2 hrs ago #30

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver 9 hrs ago #27

It's true... I get excited. WarGamer 2 hrs ago #29

You should go over and tell the French all about it. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #31

It's the same argument there.. WarGamer 2 hrs ago #32

No you should totally go to France and teach French history to the French. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #33

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer 2 hrs ago #34

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #35

That seal is clapping for you to go teach French history in France to the French. BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #36

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This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #38

flipper clappers! BannonsLiver 1 hr ago #41

Views on the French Revolution make for a great political Rorschach test TheProle 2 hrs ago #39

I'd call it a historical IQ test, too... WarGamer 2 hrs ago #40

Liberte, Egalite, Fratetnite! .... electric_blue68 20 hrs ago #18

I was in Paris on Bastille days some 21 years ago Bev54 20 hrs ago #19

AMERICA will have a 'BASTILLE DAY' soon----- if the Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #20