In France, when we discussed events back in the US it was basically, “C’est horrible, non?” And I would say, “Oui, c’est horrible,” and we’d leave it at that. I didn’t have the French vocabulary to even try to explain it all.
Now I’m in Scotland and everyone has questions. We’re having a wee bit of a fascist crisis and they want to understand. All I hav…
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