Andrew- Of course you are correct. To say that I was French-bashing before French-bashing was cool would be like saying “I was using verbs before everyone else.” French-bashing is eternal. As neo-Platonist Al Bundy said, “It is good to hate the French.” This is a boundless, timeless, categorical imperative. What I meant to say was that I was doing good even when much of our society had, no dount temporarily, turned its back on such virture.