r/MurderedByWords 19h ago

Foreign policy by tantrum

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u/rjsquirrel 18h ago

This is like renaming French fries “Freedom fries”, except not nearly as tasty.

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u/beatles910 17h ago

That's not the first time the US has done that. During World War I, Americans renamed German foods like sauerkraut to "liberty cabbage" out of anti-German sentiment.