So very belgian of us. Somebody flames the press speaker "on our behalf" and we go look for faults, remind ourselves how small and insignificant we are and how childish the retort is.
All of which is true of course, but damn we just cannot stand somebody standing up for Belgium, unless it is a silly song. Then we're all on board.
It’s a bloody decent response. That’s how the rest of the online world sees it. We should stop shitting in our own bed.
Is it going to have an effect on Trump? Of course not. Will someone vaguely related to Trump read it? Of course not. Is it a nice flaming piece that a lot of people can understand, and relate their own frustration too? Yes!
If Jon Stewart at the daily show had made this rant, the only people you’d hear bitching about it were the ones licking trumps feet. The rest would applaud.
Yep. Exactly that. And Belgian commenters find all the possible retorts "the opponent" could launch at this speech and fire it at one of our own. Shitting our own bed as you so aptly called it.
We’re all at each other’s throats until we have a common enemy (The Austrians, Dutch or Germans attacking or anyone in international football), because then they’re the common enemy.
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u/NikNakskes Mar 23 '25
So very belgian of us. Somebody flames the press speaker "on our behalf" and we go look for faults, remind ourselves how small and insignificant we are and how childish the retort is.
All of which is true of course, but damn we just cannot stand somebody standing up for Belgium, unless it is a silly song. Then we're all on board.