Why America Has Won Its War of Words with France | Yascha Mounk (Dissent)
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Perhaps the most captivating fallout from Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s rape trial has been the glaring culture clash between the United States and France. The opening salvo in this war of words was fired by the New York Daily News when, on the day after Strauss-Kahn’s arrest, it adorned its front page with the simple words, “Le Perv.” The implication was clear: the French are all oversexed deviants. Strauss-Kahn’s Frenchness is not incidental to his alleged crime—on the contrary, his being French is what accounts for his misdeeds. (...)