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Why are American Irish so damn prejudiced?

I've never had to deal with a more pretentious and bigoted bunch. They're all proper and polite to my face and then they let something slip and it's horrible.

One guy could NOT ever have a boyfriend who isn't white, but he fucked every latino, asian and black guy he could get his hands on.

I'm just disgusted.

by Anonymousreply 267November 17, 2018 2:51 PM

Consider yourself lucky, OP. The Irish prejudice is not half as bad as in Estonia and Latvia. Have you ever spent any time with a Latvian?

by Anonymousreply 1April 23, 2010 6:42 PM

I'm Italian from NY and boy oh boy are they are bigoted bunch!

Horrible.

by Anonymousreply 2April 23, 2010 6:44 PM

And don't even mention the Guatamalans or Ethiopians.

by Anonymousreply 3April 23, 2010 6:46 PM

I love how you lump an entire group together. I'm not going to tell you what I call it but it starts with a 'P'.

by Anonymousreply 4April 23, 2010 6:52 PM

Bigoted? Have a look at american cubans. They throw around the word nigger more than blacks do.

by Anonymousreply 5April 23, 2010 6:55 PM

then you should ask them not to act the same way!

by Anonymousreply 6April 23, 2010 6:55 PM

I have a friend who's irish, not even prejudiced in the least. In fact, he's friends with a black guy at work.

by Anonymousreply 7April 23, 2010 7:03 PM

I know a guy who is black, Asian and white and he talks all this racial harmony BS but his dick is programmed for whites only.

And he's really famous.

by Anonymousreply 8April 23, 2010 7:06 PM

My wife's best friend's gynecologist's sister's brother's maid has black friends!

I'm definitely not prejudiced!

by Anonymousreply 9April 23, 2010 7:10 PM

OMG, r8...who??

by Anonymousreply 10April 23, 2010 7:12 PM

I know Irish people who are prejudiced and Irish people who aren't prejudiced.

I know Italian people who are prejudiced and Italian people who aren't prejudiced.

Please insert every other ethnic group in the same two categories.

Stereotyping is stupid.

by Anonymousreply 11April 23, 2010 7:19 PM

I think he means Vanilla Ice.

by Anonymousreply 12April 23, 2010 7:20 PM

Thanks for the stereotype, OP. It's a nice change from datalounge's usual stereotyping of Jews.

by Anonymousreply 13April 23, 2010 7:21 PM

[quote]I know a guy who is black, Asian and white and he talks all this racial harmony BS but his dick is programmed for whites only.

= Tiger

by Anonymousreply 14April 23, 2010 7:22 PM

[quote]Thanks for the stereotype, OP. It's a nice change from datalounge's usual stereotyping of Jews [bold]and Muslims[/bold].

Fixed your typo for you, dear.

by Anonymousreply 15April 23, 2010 7:25 PM

More typos fixed....

Thanks for the stereotype, OP. It's a nice change from datalounge's usual stereotyping of Jews and Muslims and EVERYONE.

by Anonymousreply 16April 23, 2010 7:36 PM

I've noticed that despite (stereotype alert) intelligence and political commitment, Irish to the fourth generation in America seem to hold on to a repressed, opinionated kind of bias. Unattractive when all of a sudden it comes out and you realize you've been sitting with a smug, opinionated bigot masquerading as an artistic soul.

Yes, I'm talking about you, Terry, Mike, the other Mike, Alan, Colin and Ian. Each and all of you.

by Anonymousreply 17April 23, 2010 7:39 PM

Since when are the Irish proper and polite?

by Anonymousreply 18April 23, 2010 7:40 PM

Let's not forget people in the Czech Republic. You don't want to go there.

by Anonymousreply 19April 23, 2010 7:40 PM

It's the booze OP. Makes them combative.

by Anonymousreply 20April 23, 2010 7:42 PM

If your people are oppressed, than you become the oppressors when you get a chance. You turn into your enemy, your bigoted, shitbaggy enemy.

by Anonymousreply 21April 23, 2010 7:45 PM

r17, "smug, opinionated bigot" is apparently your term for anyone who has the nerve to speak truthfully about things you don't want to hear.

by Anonymousreply 22April 23, 2010 7:46 PM

r21, is that why the effeminates on DL hate white people?

by Anonymousreply 23April 23, 2010 7:51 PM

They won't let us in their fucking Irish Day Parades!

by Anonymousreply 24April 23, 2010 7:52 PM

Anyone here ever been to Albania?

Hoo boy, don't get me started on them people!

by Anonymousreply 25April 23, 2010 7:56 PM

I have a question about gypsies to ask Europeans and others with gypsy interaction.

Are gypsies a real ethnic group or do they accept new members through marriage? I live near a reservation where the inhabitants want to be designated as Native Americans, but they accept anyone in their tribe through marriage and automatically make them a member. As a result, these Native Americans have far more Caucasian and African blood than Native American blood. But they call themselves Indians (it's cool again to use "Indian" for some reason in my area). Do gypsies only marry within their own group to keep it ethnically pure?

Do people who are gypsies try to hide their ethnicity, marry outside the group and blend into the larger society? My grandmother was part American Indian and hid this fact because being white was considered superior. Having even a small amount of Indian blood was considered inferior.

Are there mixed marriages where people who are gypsies leave their ethnicty behind and bring their kids up to be non-gypsy?

Thanks

by Anonymousreply 26April 23, 2010 8:06 PM

You know what is almost worse than casual bigotry is owning 'Boondock Saints' on DVD. Although they're kind of two great tastes that taste great together

by Anonymousreply 27April 23, 2010 8:16 PM

R23, why do the swishiest, flamingest, most ridiculously faggy posters on this site always accuse everyone else of being an "effeminate"? Do you think that you are somehow absorbing the masculinity of all the straight "noodle" you obsess about through osmosis? Your posturing is positively bizarre.

by Anonymousreply 28April 23, 2010 8:17 PM

What does prejudiced mean?

by Anonymousreply 29April 23, 2010 8:26 PM

OP, it's all due to their their love of whiskey, their low sex drive, their small penises, their brawling combativeness, their mule-like stubborness, their Mary worship, their swilling of acres worth if corned beef and cabbage, their lace curtains, their belief in leprechauns and banshees, their poetic use of language, their tendency to inform on each other, their hatred if the British, their soda bread, their bulky wool sweaters, their clodding and tap dancing, their tam o'shanters, their poteen, their shamrocks and shilleleighs, their Celtic crosses and claddaugh rings, their St Bridget's straw wall hangings, their Waterford crystal, their Connemara marble, their deep pessimism, their hilarious wakes, their special way with horses, their redhaired setter dogs, their salmon, their cockles and mussels, their hair-raising ghost stories, their love of the color green and their kissing of that fucking Blarney stone.

by Anonymousreply 30April 23, 2010 8:51 PM

Boston Irish are the worse on earth. Cannot stand them.

by Anonymousreply 31April 23, 2010 8:55 PM

r28, are you really stupid enough to believe that those people are "effeminate"? The effeminates aren't the ones criticizing it, they're the ones posting shit like you did in r28.

by Anonymousreply 32April 23, 2010 8:58 PM

r31 is liz lemon

by Anonymousreply 33April 23, 2010 8:59 PM

"American Irish"??? I'm an "American Irish" person who is not prejudiced. No one in my family is prejudiced.

If you said, "Why are __(some other ethnic group)___ so prejudiced," you would be considered a bigot and people would be up in arms. Please stop generalizing because you happened to have a few bad experiences with Irish Americans.

by Anonymousreply 34April 23, 2010 9:00 PM

R17 - the usual type we are referring to. If you think badmouthing gays in MY house and MY table is speaking truthfully about things I don't want to hear, I suggest you sit on a potato and push down hard.

by Anonymousreply 35April 24, 2010 11:39 PM

The Irish and the Germans both hate everyone else, especially each other. But the Germans are so much better at it.

by Anonymousreply 36April 24, 2010 11:45 PM

Eastern Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Baltics: you in danger, gurl!

by Anonymousreply 37April 24, 2010 11:55 PM

Do the Irish really rat each other out?

by Anonymousreply 38April 25, 2010 12:15 AM

I got three words for you: Sri Lankans and Koreans. OH, my god.

by Anonymousreply 39April 25, 2010 12:48 AM

Germans are a nasty bunch. Go to a small midwestern town, very cold people.

by Anonymousreply 40April 25, 2010 12:55 PM

According to the movie "The Crying Game" ALL Irish are incredibly racist!

by Anonymousreply 41April 25, 2010 1:11 PM

r38. An Irish guy I know thought "Omerta" is a town in Italy.

by Anonymousreply 42April 25, 2010 8:16 PM

Stout, R30.

by Anonymousreply 43April 25, 2010 8:23 PM

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by Anonymousreply 44July 6, 2012 3:25 AM

I think it has more to do with catholicism and the culture it encourages: obedient, backward-looking, nostalgic for a past that was never as perfect as people seem to think it was. You find the same mindset with Poles and French Canadians of a certain age (the younger ones got sensible). Not everyone, but it's there. Also the idea that suffering is good, and thinking about money makes god not like you. Very catholic.

I'm in Boston, and happen to be of irish descent, and i'm amazed how many people here get all teary about the 'old country' even though they've never been, and don't seem to realize their ancestors probably left because it was such a desperate, miserable, hellhole.

by Anonymousreply 45July 6, 2012 3:33 AM

Loving this thread and not taking it seriously. W&W for R30, especially the mention of lace curtains and "their special way with horses". LOL.

R40, I've experienced the opposite. But maybe you are just lying.

by Anonymousreply 46July 6, 2012 3:43 AM

[quote]Stereotyping is stupid.

It exist for a reason. And it's not because it's stupid.

by Anonymousreply 47July 6, 2012 9:36 AM

OP is just some WASP on a rant.

by Anonymousreply 48July 6, 2012 9:44 AM

R45, People IN Ireland are like that too, nostalgic for an 'old country' culture that exists in a small number of towns in the whole country. It's especially annoying when it happens in the North.

But don't get me started on tourists who photograph every remotely old looking bit of architecture, and think everything has some significance to Irish culture.

by Anonymousreply 49July 6, 2012 10:47 AM

Ireland was, until very recently, a monocultural country. Overwhelmingly white, Catholic, socially and politically very conservative. Outsiders and "difference" were viewed with suspicion. That's changed! (thanks to bejazus)It was Pride here in Dublin last weekend. Fantastic day, estimate of 30,000 people in the parade, fifteen years ago 1,000 people would have been regarded as a good result. Full same-sex marriage is on the political agenda(we have civil partnership legislation) For years now, gay people have been a visible presence in St Patricks day parades (unlike New York, of course) I'm white and Irish, a local, so it would be very foolish of me to say racism does not exist- obviously it's not my personal experiance. Ireland has changed and continues to change for the better.

by Anonymousreply 50July 6, 2012 11:58 AM

[quote] Since when are the Irish proper and polite?

The voices in OP's head must have been thinking of some other ethnic group.

by Anonymousreply 51July 6, 2012 12:23 PM

R22 the only "truth" is that you're an ignorant bigot.

by Anonymousreply 52July 6, 2012 12:31 PM

R47, It "exist[sic]" because people like you perpetuate over-generalizations.

by Anonymousreply 53July 6, 2012 12:33 PM

US Gays hate the Irish because they all want to be members of the British upper class, sorta like Madonna.

by Anonymousreply 54July 6, 2012 12:38 PM

Many Catholic Irish people were badly treated by the English in Ireland and badly treated (and discriminated against) by the English and the descendents of the English after migrating to England and the USA.

Being forced into poverty and denied access to education, as many Catholic Irish were, is an almost guaranteed way of encouraging people to stick to their own kind and of discouraging liberal thinking.

by Anonymousreply 55July 6, 2012 12:46 PM

I lived in an Irish neighborhood and was sitting in the doc's office with an older, Irish guy, redfaced, bitter, possibly hungover. They looked like Edith and Archie, the Elder, Crankier Years. Someone on TV was talking about gays using the whole string -- "Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender etc."

The man got a disgusted look on his face. "What are these perverts calling themselves these days?" There was a young hispanic couple with their baby and me. I looked up from my magazine, said "I'm gay," and continued reading. The wife hustled her husband out of the waiting room, and the hispanic family didn't react at all. The old guy looked like he had swallowed a prune pit.

by Anonymousreply 56July 6, 2012 1:58 PM

That's right because you don't get any racist or homophobic Americans in the deep south.

So stupid OP.

by Anonymousreply 57July 6, 2012 3:18 PM

Trust me, Italian-Americans are even worse when it comes to hating non-whites.

by Anonymousreply 58July 6, 2012 3:23 PM

Every group is always looking for some other group to shit on.

by Anonymousreply 59July 6, 2012 3:28 PM

troll thread

by Anonymousreply 60July 6, 2012 6:05 PM

I don't understand the ones who are really into their Irish heritage. They have Irish tattoos, idolize Sinn Fein and the IRA, hate the British even though the British have never done anything to them personally, and no, they're not alcoholic, they're just Irish!

by Anonymousreply 61July 6, 2012 6:19 PM

Lower class competition. You always hate what's close to you and different.

by Anonymousreply 62July 6, 2012 6:26 PM

Irish American women are smart and adorable. Take a look at these ladies from Boston. I would love to date one of them.

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by Anonymousreply 63July 6, 2012 6:30 PM

Their mothers were maids.

Oh! I don't mean you!

by Anonymousreply 64July 9, 2012 1:30 AM

If only they were as respectable as the citizens of Detroit.

by Anonymousreply 65July 9, 2012 2:44 AM

Yeah, prejudice seizes me when I see Buchanan, Hannity, O'Reilly and I think 'bigoted mick'.

My beloved granny was Irish, but there's something about that type of guy whose aggressive, hateful blather is couched in that culture stream.

by Anonymousreply 66July 9, 2012 3:41 AM

My family came here from Ireland in 1980. Frankly, this country is disgusting.

by Anonymousreply 67July 9, 2012 3:46 AM

R66, forget them. They're basically actors for the TV.

R67, I can understand why, perhaps some BS in this thread is part of the problem. What did your family think of the USA?

by Anonymousreply 68July 9, 2012 3:53 AM

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by Anonymousreply 69July 10, 2012 1:49 AM

Irish Americans are Americans. They are not Irish (anymore). You can't be Irish if you were not born and raised in Ireland. Sorry. So to paraphrase your question - why are Americans so prejudiced?, it makes more sense to take a look at the dynamics between people with different ethnic and racial identities in the US. I think the US intentionally sets different groups, as they misidentify themselves, against one another. There is a lot of hate and prejudice that is taught in schools, segregated neighborhoods, and is being instilled by the media and so on. People here think that racism can be used as a weapon to fight back racism at the hands of others.

by Anonymousreply 70September 27, 2014 8:13 PM

You can alwauys tell an Irishman, but you can't tell him much.

by Anonymousreply 71September 27, 2014 11:09 PM

who the hell is irish in America? One quarter irish American maybe.

by Anonymousreply 72September 28, 2014 12:33 AM

My grandmother, r72, and she was a racist.

by Anonymousreply 73September 28, 2014 12:39 AM

[quote]I'm in Boston, and happen to be of irish descent, and i'm amazed how many people here get all teary about the 'old country' even though they've never been, and don't seem to realize their ancestors probably left because it was such a desperate, miserable, hellhole.

Anyone who embraces identity politics is that way.

Many make careers of it, like old fat Ted Kennedy.

by Anonymousreply 74September 28, 2014 12:41 AM

I think the Irish in Ireland is even worse. They are racist, anti-semites, ignorant group.

by Anonymousreply 75September 28, 2014 12:56 AM

R30: I love you. Hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 76September 28, 2014 1:01 AM

I find no one more prejudice than Russians. I live in a mostly Russian neighborhood and I find the great majority of them have pure hatred for non whites and Muslims. I'm in NYC. The Russians came here sucked up every social program out there, just about bankrupted them to the point that no one other than the Russians has been able to get Section 8 vouchers for over 2 decade. The majority live off programs for the disabled and are as healthy as can be.

In my building most are on Medicaid, have free transportation to anything "medical" and make deals with the Russian ambulette companies to pretty much take them anywhere that isn't even medically related, have Section 8 paying under 200 bucks for apartments that everyone else has to pay about 2000 bucks for, SSI, SNAP and programs most poor Americans can't even dream about. At the same time they have the most expensive cars in the building's garage, dress in furs in the winter and are dripping in expensive jewelry and walk around with expensive electronics and have a constant delivery of more of the latest electronics to their apartments.

Yet they begrudge those born here, especially people of color and immigrants from other countries any government help. I know one Russian woman who spits on the ground every time she sees a Muslim and curses them. I know others who do nothing but quote right wing websites saying every racist thing out there about people of color. Another told me she feels so sorry for her Corp lawyer SIL and her daughter and spoiled brat grandkids because their income is only $200,000 a year and they pay almost $5000 in rent because they HAVE to live in Brooklyn Heights one of the "only white neighborhoods" left in the city. She went on to say how "lazy blacks" have it so good on welfare an how they don't even deserve $5000 a year, healthcare or food. When I pointed out that most black people work she said they only got jobs because they're black and the standards were lowered for them. Mind you saying all of this with a thick Russian accent.

Now come on, I really don't know too many Irish people but they can't be more prejudiced than that.

by Anonymousreply 77September 28, 2014 1:01 AM

R70 makes good sense about the divide and conquer strategy. United minorities pose(d) a threat; Native Americans posed a different example of that threat, and the various tribes/nations among them were purposely set up to be pissed off at one another by the white or other invaders. (This info comes direct from a few Indian tribal historians themselves, not white guys, here in New England.)

I grew up outside Boston in an upper middle/middle class suburb, and have lived in MA all my life, except for 4 years of college elsewhere. The inner city Irish American identity and accent was foreign to me - not due to snobbery, just lack of exposure.

It wasn't until I was in my 30s that I learned my paternal grandmother's parents came over from Ireland during the potato famine and settled in Springfield MA. My paternal grandfather was 50% something that points to Northern Ireland black (haired) Irish. A fair infusion of their Old New England Yankee mates' genealogy whitewashed the Irish out of the family tree. Or the Irish got turned into Welsh/Scottish, which was more acceptable here in New England.

At one time in past US history, Irish were considered subhuman, (analogous to but not at all the same as the subhuman status of blacks here. )

So there's a fair bit of Irish American polarization in MA - those more or less like OP's boilerplate proud and vocal Irish and those like me with the mid-life ' Now you tell me I'm IRISH?!' Mentality.

It felt great to be at the Lowell (MA) Folk Festival two years ago grooving to the Irish band Dervish, and have a couple members of the band come up to me afterwards saying 'you must be Irish, from your red hair' and implying they totally enjoyed me being into the music so much.

For the first fucking time in my life I felt like I had a cultural and ethnic community. It felt great.

by Anonymousreply 78September 28, 2014 1:14 AM

R75 The micks in Ireland may be many things, but anti-semitic isn't one.

by Anonymousreply 79September 28, 2014 1:15 AM

The Irish have very small penises. Do the math.

by Anonymousreply 80September 28, 2014 1:17 AM

Well R80 they used to and maybe still do have a lot of kids so I guess it's enough to get the job done.

by Anonymousreply 81September 28, 2014 1:22 AM

R79 I, Chaim Herzog, Irish-born President of I srae l, agree.

Oy, sure an' these faygeles are so prejudiced I canna even spell the name of me country proper, for the love of Molly Bloom!

by Anonymousreply 82September 28, 2014 1:24 AM

R79, how do you explain the Limerick Boycott?

by Anonymousreply 83September 28, 2014 1:43 AM

You seriously cannot consider a relationship with him..WHY? He would not fit into our social circle.

by Anonymousreply 84September 28, 2014 1:48 AM

why do the irish get hate for small penises? Indians, Pakistanis, and south Koreans are the bottom 3.

by Anonymousreply 85September 28, 2014 2:10 AM

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by Anonymousreply 86December 31, 2016 2:50 PM

In case it hasn't been said: CATHOLICISM!!

by Anonymousreply 87December 31, 2016 2:53 PM

[quote] Now come on, I really don't know too many Irish people but they can't be more prejudiced than that.

You should visit Chicago and meet some of the Irish Americans who live there. Different accent, same ignorance.

by Anonymousreply 88December 31, 2016 5:22 PM

[quote]Why are Americans so damn prejudiced?

Fixed.

by Anonymousreply 89December 31, 2016 5:25 PM

This thread from 2012 resurfaced?

by Anonymousreply 90December 31, 2016 5:36 PM

I am of total irish heritage on both sides. It is a culture that has suffered from severe poverty, a real issue with alcohol, a terrible misbalance in the voice and identity of the catholic church, being abused by england historically, ignorance, again, severe severe poverty. It sounds cliche but something like the potato famine made people rabid, cruel, and terrified because they had no food or ability.

by Anonymousreply 91December 31, 2016 5:55 PM

I have lived in Boston and also been to Dublin many times. Irish people are *completely* different in Ireland than in Boston. Few of the Boston ones have even been to Ireland, yet their Irish identity is so strong, it's bizarre. They have none of the same friendliness, chattiness, humor, manners, etc... They also look different - like bigger and bulkier - than Dublin Irish. But the facial features and names are the same. Dublin Irish people can't stand the "American Irish" who come over looking for their ancestors with the "Kelly" family name or whatever. They don't want to be associated with American Irish, in general. If it's first generation, maybe - but not after that. (I met native Irish people in Boston too, and they generally don't like the American Irish).

Boston was brutal to the Irish population when they came here, and their culture changed right from the start to adapt to that - and it hasn't changed back much.

by Anonymousreply 92December 31, 2016 6:11 PM

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by Anonymousreply 93December 31, 2016 7:04 PM

50% of Americans have some Irish ancestry. But I think OP is talking about what the last few posters mentioned, the Americans with strong Irish ancestry that came over during the famine in droves, built a lot of New York, and stayed. They became Americans but still consider themselves Irish. Real Ireland Irish don't consider them Irish. They lost a lot of the good parts of being Irish and kept the combativeness, stubbornness, and other shite.

Regarding gypsies: look up "Travellers" in relation to Ireland and you'll see some racism and sense of other, but a lot of that seems justified on some levels (based on Irish reality TV anyway) 😮

Be careful though, Irish != American Irish, OP made a careful distinction.

by Anonymousreply 94December 31, 2016 7:31 PM

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by Anonymousreply 95January 1, 2017 3:01 AM

I have always found Irish Irish to be dumber, more backward and bigoted.

by Anonymousreply 96January 1, 2017 3:03 AM

I was really enjoying R30 until I realized it was me

by Anonymousreply 97January 1, 2017 3:17 AM

Of course in the north they have the same kind of evangelicals we have here, the Irish Jesse Helms being Ian Paisley.

by Anonymousreply 98January 1, 2017 3:17 AM

The person who said that Russians are the most bigoted ethnic group in America was right.

I mean, a lot of new immigrants can be/are bigoted, but they are the worst. The problem is that they all virtually live in this pro-Russia bubble. The older Russian Jewish immigrants aren't exactly pro-Russia, but have also failed to assimilate, and hold onto old arcane, bigoted perspectives. Why stay? Go the fuck home.

by Anonymousreply 99January 2, 2017 3:48 AM

[quote]One guy could NOT ever have a boyfriend who isn't white, but he fucked every latino, asian and black guy he could get his hands on.

Because that never happened.

Just like saying "Why are American Irish so damn prejudiced" is itself a prejudicial statement and makes YOU a racist.

by Anonymousreply 100January 2, 2017 5:41 AM

OP, you just don't understand how DL works. The ONLY ethnic group about whom generalizations and stereotypes are permitted is the Asians. Be sure to include one of the following to seem cool and witty:

Sum Ting Wong

Ching-Chong

Me love you long time.

And be sure to make a "joke" about small endowment; that always screams " original and witty." But, don't mention the "Irish curse."

by Anonymousreply 101January 2, 2017 12:58 PM

Do Irish-American guys suffer from "the curse?"

by Anonymousreply 102January 2, 2017 1:01 PM

R101 is describing Orientals who have "Pencil Pricks."

by Anonymousreply 103January 2, 2017 1:03 PM

Actually, the answer is that bigotry breeds bigotry. Rarely is the extreme bigotry and prejudice against the Irish taught today. "No Irish" was just as common as "No Colored". Irish stereotype humor was just as common as minstrel shows. Irish were considered less than African Americans. NYC has Central Park because the area was primarily an Irish enclave and the Irish were seen as less than human. Today, the focus is on a small African-American hamlet that was actually inconsequential and the Irish community has been whitewashed out of the picture. There was also the problem that the Irish who immigrated to the US were overwhelmingly Catholic. Catholicism being considered pretty close to the anti-Christ in the late 19th century.

by Anonymousreply 104January 2, 2017 1:17 PM

Unlike R 103, whose friends call him "dickless" and laugh behind his back, while they pull out their magnifying glasses.

by Anonymousreply 105January 2, 2017 1:38 PM

OP got turned down by an Irish-American.

by Anonymousreply 106January 2, 2017 1:43 PM

There aren't many black people in Ireland so they're seen as something of a novelty. My Irish grandmother used to get very excited whenever she saw one, screeching "ooooh look at that wee darkie!" whenever one had the misfortune to cross her path.

by Anonymousreply 107January 2, 2017 2:19 PM

R8 = Bruno Mars

by Anonymousreply 108January 2, 2017 2:25 PM

Did you hear about the two Irish guys? Patrick Fitzgerald and Gerald Fitzpatrick.

by Anonymousreply 109January 2, 2017 3:01 PM

[quote]Catholicism being considered pretty close to the anti-Christ in the late 19th century.

Christianity is heresy in and of itself.

by Anonymousreply 110January 2, 2017 3:03 PM

ROOMS TO LET. No Theatricals Need Apply.

by Anonymousreply 111January 2, 2017 3:07 PM

The "Irish Curse" means that they are too drunk to get it up, not that they have small a penis.

R109, the joke is "Did you hear about the two *gay* Irish guys?

by Anonymousreply 112January 2, 2017 3:07 PM

Many first generation Korean immigrants are extremely prejudiced, and they're offended when you don't agree with their blatant ignorance. A few of my American friends of Irish descent are the same way, but nothing like my Korean coworkers.

by Anonymousreply 113January 2, 2017 6:10 PM

In Palisades Park New Jersey if you speak English, you will never know what businesses are along Broad Avenue. The signs are in Korean. They don't want customers who speak English.

by Anonymousreply 114January 2, 2017 9:01 PM

R112. Wrong; it means micropenis.

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by Anonymousreply 115January 2, 2017 9:23 PM

Apparently from this Thread, one finds out everyone is Racist!

by Anonymousreply 116January 2, 2017 9:23 PM

The Irish Irish are much more considered, liberal and friendly. If equally abusive to foreigners - or anyone - who gets on their nerves. They are also sarcastic to the point of downright cruelty, until you call them on it.

by Anonymousreply 117February 14, 2017 5:21 PM

They've got the red hair though. Bearded gingers are all the rage in Hells Kitchen.

by Anonymousreply 118February 14, 2017 5:36 PM

They are simply awful people, suitable only as laborers for the men and as household servants for the women. And as meat when it comes to that.

by Anonymousreply 119February 14, 2017 6:52 PM

There is a white guy on the JoeSchome porn site with all kinds of racist and Nazi tattoos all over his body but he's been fucked in the ass by every black guy on that site. The cognitive dissonance it takes to do something like that amazes me. Not going to let my racism stop me from gettin that dick.

by Anonymousreply 120February 14, 2017 7:01 PM

Penis envy.

by Anonymousreply 121February 14, 2017 7:32 PM

The Irish micro-dicks make the Chinese look like John Holmes.

by Anonymousreply 122February 14, 2017 7:33 PM

Red hair = Scottish

by Anonymousreply 123February 14, 2017 8:04 PM

Glad to see people making the distinction between American Irish and Irish in Ireland. Big fucking difference.

by Anonymousreply 124February 14, 2017 8:11 PM

R122 Come to Ireland and if we fuck your ass I promise your tonsils will be tickled.Cocks must have shrunk crossing the Atlantic.

by Anonymousreply 125February 14, 2017 8:13 PM

R107 There is a very large Nigerian community in Ireland now. Every town and village. Most of the taxi drivers in Dublin are black. For the most part they are integrating very well, mixed groups coming from school, and black kids with thick Irish accents playing our national sports.

by Anonymousreply 126February 14, 2017 8:18 PM

we mixed well wherever the bastards sent us

by Anonymousreply 127February 14, 2017 8:20 PM

[quote]There is a white guy on the JoeSchome porn site with all kinds of racist and Nazi tattoos all over his body but he's been fucked in the ass by every black guy on that site.

Can you give us his name?

by Anonymousreply 128February 14, 2017 8:23 PM

Why are fucking trolls so damn prolific on the DL these days? First the 'Chink' shit and now this. The American Irish were prejudiced because they were forced to be insular. It was a defense mechanism and well known by every damn immigrant group in this country. I grew up in an Irish ghetto and it's a changed place now, as few boomers and no millennials appear bothered by continuing and growing diversity in the old neighborhood every time I visit.

by Anonymousreply 129February 14, 2017 8:33 PM

Don't get me started on those Bosnians, Serbs and Croats! They're the worst!

by Anonymousreply 130February 14, 2017 9:21 PM

[quote] I am of total irish heritage on both sides. It is a culture that has suffered from severe poverty, a real issue with alcohol, a terrible misbalance in the voice and identity of the catholic church, being abused by england historically, ignorance, again, severe severe poverty. It sounds cliche but something like the potato famine made people rabid, cruel, and terrified because they had no food or ability.

Don't forget our teeth.

You can't list Irish woes without mentioning our horrible damned teeth that rot out of our heads.

by Anonymousreply 131February 14, 2017 9:26 PM

Janis Ian "At Seventeen"

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by Anonymousreply 132February 14, 2017 9:39 PM

OP why bother fucking around with someone who doesn't want you because of your ethnicity.

by Anonymousreply 133February 14, 2017 9:39 PM

R26, to the best of my knowledge, Gypsies don't accept people from outside their group. You are referring to dark-skinned people called Roma, correct? They generally don't marry outside their own, from what I have been told.

by Anonymousreply 134February 14, 2017 9:47 PM

[quote]Come to Ireland and if we fuck your ass I promise your tonsils will be tickled.Cocks must have shrunk crossing the Atlantic

Not mine!

by Anonymousreply 135February 14, 2017 10:04 PM

Our men are handsome, charming, and down to fuck. Jealous?

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by Anonymousreply 136February 14, 2017 10:13 PM

I think they're fiercely proud of their heritage and not so much bigoted as overly nationalistic. Of course, there will always be bigoted people within all groups. Is it really bigoted to not wanna marry outside ethnic groups? Birds of a feather...

by Anonymousreply 137February 14, 2017 10:17 PM

Because other whites look down on them.

by Anonymousreply 138February 15, 2017 1:22 AM

The YouTube channel Facts has Irish people trying things, often American things. Some of their commentators are nice and they like the American products. Others, the prejudiced ones, consistently badmouth the American stuff.

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by Anonymousreply 139February 15, 2017 1:29 AM

They're still in the spindrift of that cruel famine hoax and lusting for revenge. Avoid anyone with a pug nose and red hair. Ask for their passport and proof of heritage, stay in on St. Pat's day, and for the love of Jesus, Mary, Joseph and all the sainted angels, never stand them a drink or feed them. You'll never get rid of 'em.

by Anonymousreply 140February 15, 2017 2:38 AM

Because of the prejudice and hardship, I could understand anger and strange isolated attitudes. But five generations later, in the new country? Still rage-filled?

by Anonymousreply 141February 16, 2017 2:01 AM

His name is Eric are r128

by Anonymousreply 142February 16, 2017 12:30 PM

R141 - there are anthropologists who suspect there is a sort of inherited PTSD in certain cultures.

by Anonymousreply 143February 16, 2017 12:43 PM

In Ireland I was very impressed with how friendly everyone is. Scotland too, not England. In Ireland, I heard a white older man yell the n word at a guy who was just waiting for a bus, like many others. I also was called gay by some drunk types as I wnt past a pub. I am not obvious, not super butch but certainly not femme. The only city I was ever called a fag is San Francisco, and it was from a scummy Arab on Bart. Irish people seem very nice in general, but I am white. ALSO myth about small dicks. I was at a college and went to piss at one of those big urinals that looks like a corral--you can see everyone's cock. Plenty of beautiul guys and plenty of big,, luscious cocks pissing.

by Anonymousreply 144February 16, 2017 1:01 PM

Why are the majority of Irish-Americans such complete and utter, racist trash?

by Anonymousreply 145February 17, 2017 10:56 AM

The bloated, alcoholic face of your typical Irish-American racist cunt.

You can literally cut that face and paste it onto a racist cop or pedo priest.. it doesn't matter. They're a dime a dozen.

And boy are they mean!

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by Anonymousreply 146February 17, 2017 11:04 AM

Some more Irish-American gutter trash.

Didn't he permanently blind some old Asian guy in one eye and never apologized for it?

And then he bragged how he would have single-handedly stopped the 9/11 planes from crashing into the towers?

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by Anonymousreply 147February 17, 2017 11:14 AM

All of Fox News is one stubby-dicked Irish-American after another subtweeting their anger about big black cocks.

by Anonymousreply 148February 17, 2017 11:29 AM

They think they're real motherfucking special, don't they?

Big-time Trump voters.. Big, fat blowhards who think everybody should "follow their lead."

Terrible food.

Terrible, poisonous culture.

I'm surprised how quite and "demure" they are on DataLounge. They probably just want to fly under the radar. So unlike their usual loud trash-mouth selves.

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by Anonymousreply 149February 17, 2017 11:34 AM

Don't forget this ugly, fat (Irish-American) fuck!

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by Anonymousreply 150February 17, 2017 11:41 AM

Most Irish immigrants or visitors I've known over the years have struck me with a certain no-nonsense attitude, very direct, very blunt, and very practical. I'm not saying these are bad things either, actually I find it refreshing to hear them just blurt out things we Americans WANT to say but we're too polite to. The ones which I tend to find cunty as hell are the old ones who immigrated decades ago, they still hold into their accents but they're Americans through and through. These are the ones who hiss behind your back at church and go on about the "lace curtain" v "shanty" thing.

by Anonymousreply 151February 17, 2017 11:43 AM

The Irish on the old island seem fine.

It is their Americanized, mongrelized cousins who are the true cunts.

by Anonymousreply 152February 17, 2017 11:45 AM

And their houses are fucking filthy!!!! Caked in dust and dirt and grime and shit! You would think that after decades of being indentured fucking servants, they could clean their own fucking house, but nooooo!

by Anonymousreply 153February 17, 2017 11:49 AM

The ones here for five or so generations makes me wonder about the ones in Ireland. Ireland is known to be a harsh insular place. People go to England to escape.

by Anonymousreply 154February 17, 2017 11:52 AM

r153 I had to laugh at that one, because an attorney who lived in my town was first generation Irish-American. He and his wife had a huge home on the outskirts of town, very grand, but very filthy inside. They actually let live chickens run through the kitchen. His still owned his parents' cottage in Ireland and someone who accompanied them there on vacation said the cottage was even dirtier.

by Anonymousreply 155February 17, 2017 11:56 AM

And speaking of indentured servants, here you go, a photo of Irish Kathleen O'Hare and Mary McDonald, the true ancestors of Irish-Americans, lest they ever forget their own degrading, inglorious history! Which they do, since they act all entitled and high and mighty, as if they sailed over here on the fucking Mayflower itself.

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by Anonymousreply 156February 17, 2017 11:58 AM

Yes R155! Irish-Americans are notoriously FILTHY! That's a not-so-hidden secret for people who know!

I've had the displeasure of being inside more than my share of Irish-American homes and calling it a "pig sty" would be a disservice to our humble swine friends! Bread crumbs and food stains everywhere, a stench of stale beer, unscrubbed piss and shit stains on the toilet!

Filthy, dirty people!!!!

by Anonymousreply 157February 17, 2017 12:07 PM

[quote]there are anthropologists who suspect there is a sort of inherited PTSD in certain cultures

Which cultures?

by Anonymousreply 158February 17, 2017 12:08 PM

Despite the blatant offensive-ness of this thread, I find myself laughing at the rabid anti-Irish troll!

by Anonymousreply 159February 17, 2017 12:10 PM

This thread title could easily be changed to "Why are Irish-Americans such cunts?" and then it could be filled, one-by-one, with the faces of said Irish-American cunts, and it will fill up in no time!

by Anonymousreply 160February 17, 2017 12:13 PM

Oh look, another Irish-American cunt!

Or in other words, is it a day that ends in "y"?

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by Anonymousreply 161February 17, 2017 12:16 PM

And BTW, why are you people such huge, fucking drunks?

Why can you not control your absolutely out of control, insane, rabid alcoholism?

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by Anonymousreply 162February 17, 2017 12:18 PM

I'm surprised at how quiet the Irish-Americans are. They are usually such proud loudmouths!

by Anonymousreply 163February 17, 2017 12:33 PM

r163 Their mostly on the down-low, so they're probably afraid they'll be outed even on an anonymous message board like DL.

by Anonymousreply 164February 17, 2017 12:36 PM

^^^they're^^^^

by Anonymousreply 165February 17, 2017 12:37 PM

But they are usually SO proud of their Irish heritage!?

They are usually so outspoken in their green shirts and shamrock hats and holier-than-thou attitudes, as they stumble drunkenly down the streets...

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by Anonymousreply 166February 17, 2017 12:45 PM

If the Irish are prejudiced, it's because they used to be treated like shit. An oppressed group is always looking for another group to put down, so their group is no longer at the bottom of the food chain.

by Anonymousreply 167February 17, 2017 12:49 PM

A good guess if somebody in America is a total Republican, racist piece of shit?

If they have at least some significant portion of Irish-American blood!

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by Anonymousreply 168February 17, 2017 12:50 PM

Like any good (part) Irish-American girl, I'm sure her snatch smells like corned beef and hash!

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by Anonymousreply 169February 17, 2017 12:51 PM

And the Irish-American hits keep on coming!

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by Anonymousreply 170February 17, 2017 12:52 PM

More drunk Irish-American trash!

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by Anonymousreply 171February 17, 2017 12:55 PM

You would think after being here for almost 2 centuries, they would stop being complete white trash!

But they have 200 years of tradition to uphold!

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by Anonymousreply 172February 17, 2017 1:00 PM

And let's not start in on their notorious Catholic priests! That is an entire thread devoted to itself.

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by Anonymousreply 173February 17, 2017 1:03 PM

But their worst sin of the Irish-Americans are their filthy homes!

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by Anonymousreply 174February 17, 2017 1:06 PM

And Irish-Americans love to let trash accumulate outside their neighborhoods without a care in the world!

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by Anonymousreply 175February 17, 2017 1:15 PM

I know OP, I hate people who are intolerant of other cultures. And the Irish

by Anonymousreply 176February 17, 2017 1:17 PM

The Magdelene Laundries were a particularly horrific aspect of Irish culture right up to the 1970s.

by Anonymousreply 177February 17, 2017 1:21 PM

Do these people lately have any redeeming qualities at all? It just seems that they like to lecture and grandstand about the tribulations of the great-great grandparents, all the while being the most hypocritical cunts imaginable!

Is FOX News lately 100% Irish-American or just 90%?

by Anonymousreply 178February 17, 2017 1:21 PM

A fat-ass Irish-American Boston cop!

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by Anonymousreply 179February 17, 2017 1:26 PM

And just for gender equality, a fat-ass, trashy Irish-American broad! (AKA, a dime a dozen!)

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by Anonymousreply 180February 17, 2017 1:33 PM

Why are most Irish-Americans such insanely conservative Republicans?

Is it because they are trying to desperately run away from their own degrading history of being WHITE SLAVES?

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by Anonymousreply 181February 17, 2017 1:36 PM

ha! It's about time somebody on DL calls out these bitches for their rightwing tendencies. they have flown under the radar here for too long

by Anonymousreply 182February 17, 2017 1:43 PM

The ironic part is they're so proud of their Irish heritage, but in reality the Irish (in Ireland) dislike Irish-Americans and consider them Americans like everyone else. The Irish don't make that 'ancestral' distinction.

by Anonymousreply 183February 17, 2017 1:48 PM

These people were basically fucking slaves in this country and now they act like they are some type of pristine, untouchable American royalty!

Gimme a fucking break!

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by Anonymousreply 184February 17, 2017 1:48 PM

Who the fuck do these people think they are kidding?

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by Anonymousreply 185February 17, 2017 1:52 PM

r184 I know you're not referring to us.

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by Anonymousreply 186February 17, 2017 1:55 PM

And why are they so fat?

Their food is disgusting, so I can't imagine they're becoming obese from gorging on their terrible fucking food??

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by Anonymousreply 187February 17, 2017 1:56 PM

Oh look, the pride of the Irish!

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by Anonymousreply 188February 17, 2017 2:02 PM

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by Anonymousreply 189February 17, 2017 2:05 PM

Wow. So does DL now officially have an anti-Irish-American Troll?

Along with the anti-Jewish troll, and the anti-Italian-American Troll, does this complete the Holy Trinity of Hate against the ethnic white-adjacents?

by Anonymousreply 190February 17, 2017 2:13 PM

This rabid anti-mick troll is a hoot!

xox Lace-curtain mick with 2 ivy degrees and a clean home thanks to a chilean maid.

Yeah, middle-aged Irish American men, fat filthy ugly fucks, the lot of em.

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by Anonymousreply 191February 17, 2017 2:15 PM

Because they are the homeliest ethnic group on the planet. You would be angry too.

by Anonymousreply 192February 17, 2017 2:19 PM

Yes, it would probably take the work of a few maids to clean, wax and sanitize an Irish-American home to reach some level of human decency.. maybe barely above the bacteria levels of a dog house! I would not be surprised if Irish-Americans ate their food straight from a dog bowl!

Alpo probably tastes better!

by Anonymousreply 193February 17, 2017 2:21 PM

Ian Paisley, famous antigay antiCatholic bigot of the north, got his degree at... Bob Jones University in South Carolina.

The reason the Northern Irish Protestants are such a handful of bigots is they actually went to the Appalachians to be schooled!

by Anonymousreply 194February 17, 2017 2:22 PM

I've been to many houses of many different people and ethnicities, and Irish-American houses are the absolute worst and the most foul-looking and foul-smelling!

I bet these drunks piss in their beds and never change the bedsheets either!

by Anonymousreply 195February 17, 2017 2:23 PM

Yes dear. We are all hideously dirty monkey-faced stubby-dicked wife-beating drunks. And our homos are shame ridden closeted catholic married drunks diddling rough street trade on the down low from their potty-mouthed shrewish frigid wives.

by Anonymousreply 196February 17, 2017 2:24 PM

Yes, you nailed it dear. We a bunch of bed wetters and our womin folk bleed out all night using the mattress as a giant foul-smelling tampon.

by Anonymousreply 197February 17, 2017 2:26 PM

And Irish-American men never wash their fucking balls or asses either!

Just imagine that foul crusted cum and sweat stench and you'll get an idea!

by Anonymousreply 198February 17, 2017 2:30 PM

Right again. Growing up my dog and my little brother were my ball and ass cleaners.

by Anonymousreply 199February 17, 2017 2:32 PM

You can do it too, troll. Clearly you have such intimate knowledge of Irish people from worshipping at our filthy feet.

by Anonymousreply 200February 17, 2017 2:33 PM

Fat faces, bulbous or too small noses, short, dough faced and genetically predisposed to alcoholism.

by Anonymousreply 201February 17, 2017 2:34 PM

Say what you want about the Irish, but they include some of the best modern writers and poets in the Western world.

by Anonymousreply 202February 17, 2017 2:34 PM

lmao! Thanks anti-Irish troll!

It's been awhile since I've laughed so hard at a DL thread, intentional or not!

by Anonymousreply 203February 17, 2017 2:35 PM

Can you imagine the stink of an Irish-American pussy???

by Anonymousreply 204February 17, 2017 2:36 PM

I'll tie you up in the roach infested pantry and every Paddy, Danny, Tommy, and Kevin in the neighbourhood will use you as their dog. You'll get a face and mouth and ass full of our disgusting gin-infused stank till you tie of one long un-stoppable orgasm of submissive degraded servitude.

by Anonymousreply 205February 17, 2017 2:37 PM

Ok, we'll let our womin folk piss in your mouth between uses.

by Anonymousreply 206February 17, 2017 2:38 PM

Name ONE good looking Irish person.

by Anonymousreply 207February 17, 2017 2:39 PM

WTF is this shit coming from?

by Anonymousreply 208February 17, 2017 2:40 PM

They are jealous of our hairbrushes.

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by Anonymousreply 209February 17, 2017 2:41 PM

You wouldn't remember R208, as you were drunk at the time.

by Anonymousreply 210February 17, 2017 2:42 PM

^ Bump

by Anonymousreply 211February 17, 2017 2:43 PM

Oh look, moldy mashed potatoes! No doubt, the sight and smell of R206's mom's Irish-American pussy!

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by Anonymousreply 212February 17, 2017 2:43 PM

Oh look, a PSA against Irish-American domestic violence. How fitting!

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by Anonymousreply 213February 17, 2017 2:45 PM

Most white trash are all of partially Irish.

by Anonymousreply 214February 17, 2017 2:46 PM

Is visiting Northern Ireland sort of like visiting The UK? Does it have a more British vibe? Or is it identical in feeling to The Republic?

by Anonymousreply 215February 17, 2017 2:58 PM

Scots-Irish, actually, r214. Makes all the difference.

by Anonymousreply 216February 17, 2017 3:13 PM

Imagine the hatred for anyone on here who would dare to start a thread like this on DL's muchbeloved Muslims. You guys are sick.

by Anonymousreply 217February 17, 2017 5:59 PM

r217

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by Anonymousreply 218February 17, 2017 6:08 PM

unamusing troll and/or insane idiot, he's beyond the pale

by Anonymousreply 219February 17, 2017 6:22 PM

I'm partially Irish-American. It comes from strong blue collar COP roots + Catholic self-righteous rectitude. Those influences are really dying out though. I'm from West Coast and they are gone in my generation (older Gen X), but they lingered another gen Back East. I'm surprised OP found such a pure specimen in 2017.

by Anonymousreply 220February 17, 2017 6:28 PM

[quote]I grew up in an Irish ghetto and it's a changed place now, as few boomers and no millennials appear bothered by continuing and growing diversity in the old neighborhood every time I visit.

My former boss is black, and he all but signed a lease for an apartment in Queens when his realtor's manager came in politely rejected him. He later found out junior realtor who met with him originally was read the riot act. Apparently that particular neighbourhood is run by an Irish cabal who carefully vet to "keep the character of the neighborhood", and for that reason, it still has quite a nice "old school NYC" vibe. My ex-boss found it more funny than anything, and ended up moving to Jersey.

by Anonymousreply 221February 17, 2017 7:47 PM

r219

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by Anonymousreply 222February 17, 2017 7:51 PM

"Scots-Irish, actually, [R214]. Makes all the difference."

No, a lot of white trash have at least one Irish Catholic parent or grandparent. White trash tend to be pretty diverse genetically---what makes them "white trash" is the egregious lack of exposure to things the rest of society considers normal---close family members who work stable jobs, close family members without serious drug/alcohol dependency, family members who are mentally and emotionally equipped to pay the rent/mortgage and maintain transportation. Everyone has a relative or two (or three or four) who fails on at least one of these fronts, but at least there are a few models of functional behavior. What makes somebody "white trash" is not having that...they weren't exposed to fundamentals of being a "productive citizen," and have serious reservations about their ability to fit into society.

by Anonymousreply 223February 17, 2017 8:08 PM

We are feeling very wounded by this thread!!

by Anonymousreply 224February 17, 2017 9:26 PM

Ben Affleck is not that Irish. He's too good-looking.

Lantern-jawed, beady-eyed, bulbous-nosed Matt though...

by Anonymousreply 225February 17, 2017 11:45 PM

So did you start this thread because this Irish Am guy you were hot for turned you down, OP?

by Anonymousreply 226February 17, 2017 11:55 PM

Thanks a lot, OP. Now I can't ever watch the Real O'Neals the same way, without keeping on eye out on whether or not Martha Plimpton's character keeps a tidy house...

by Anonymousreply 227February 18, 2017 12:45 AM

Isn't Liam Neeson Irish? I'm sure his cock is huge, from the gifs we've seen.

by Anonymousreply 228February 18, 2017 1:53 AM

The Irish curse is a myth. Or maybe it was related to the famine...

by Anonymousreply 229February 18, 2017 2:07 AM

LOL! There is tons of ethnic white trash in the northeast! These people are literally so fucking stupid. It's no wonder they are descended from the very bottom-of-the-barrel peasants.

They are like the pawns of rich WASPs - the true, white elite of this country. WASPs see these people as a joke and nothing more.

by Anonymousreply 230March 1, 2017 6:21 AM

Angry, bitter rage-o-holics, the whole lot of them!

by Anonymousreply 231March 1, 2017 6:35 AM

JackSepticEye is fuckin' A-DOOR-a-BULL

by Anonymousreply 232March 1, 2017 6:51 AM

Ft here WA a film by them that described them as 'the niggers of Europe". Shanty, rude, inability to process alcohol because of a missing or mutated liver cell structuring.

Fuck em Had child armies late in civilization. Trade up, go higher, hit France, Netherlands even Germany who can back themselves up in our modern world

We can live without their fine linens, whiskey or crystal. I'll take a Benz, French wine and Swiss beauty products and anything froM Japan and Italy. They're about as low as spain, Serbia and other non skaters Fuck 'em. Sloppy drunks

by Anonymousreply 233March 1, 2017 7:34 AM

I never would date Irish Americans but they have nice holes. Cocks are meh. Cut too, which is a downer.

by Anonymousreply 234March 1, 2017 7:41 AM

♡♢love R230♢♡ not ♧. So damned true. So many fakers, posers of this Irish working man's stock attempting acceptance to New Canaan country club. No, Rube, that was your uncle John the help as manager. Sure you tell your cuckold ed children quite a different tale...and his wife was a bubble headed housewife turned realtor. Stop. It's been 30 years by now

--Brooks Brother's Golden Fleece Still Trying that,fag?

by Anonymousreply 235March 1, 2017 7:43 AM

R30 nails!

by Anonymousreply 236March 1, 2017 7:47 AM

r45, don't you EVER compare a French Canadian to a rube pollock unless discussing baby photos!

by Anonymousreply 237March 1, 2017 7:54 AM

Let's face it. The Irish got around. In some part of all north American continent. Indians, whites. Blicks, hispanics. They suck as a solid group but really mix well with all races except Indians and eskimos. A lot of good looking traits and innate charm. Best natural noses Like buttons

by Anonymousreply 238March 1, 2017 8:00 AM

Pollacks are hot R237. So are French Canadians. Not so the rest of Canada.

by Anonymousreply 239March 1, 2017 8:12 AM

Well, the people in Ireland are lovely. I've met lots of Irish-Americans on the west coast, most of whom are great. A couple of others, not so much. But all of them blanket racists or these trashy people? That must be some weirdo east coast thing. I've never spent enough time in places like Boston or Mass to have an informed opinion, I guess...

by Anonymousreply 240March 1, 2017 10:04 AM

And I still don't know what the hell "Scots-Irish" is :-P. Is that a southern thing?

by Anonymousreply 241March 1, 2017 10:05 AM

Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish may refer to: R241 The Ulster Scots people, an ethnic group in Ulster, Ireland, who trace their roots to settlers from Scotland. Scotch-Irish Americans, descendants of Ulster Scots who first migrated to America in large numbers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

by Anonymousreply 242March 1, 2017 10:22 AM

The line in Roddy Doyle's "The Commitments" viz, "The Irish are the n****** of Europe," was the God's truth for centuries. Among white European races, particularly to the Anglo-Saxons in Britain, the Irish were viewed as a separate and inferior race. Many of the stereotypes in the modern era that white racists have pinned on blacks or Mexicans ---shiftless, lazy, filthy, but "such great dancers and musicians"---were applied to the Irish and in some quarters still are. And that view of the Irish as a separate and inferior race was still in force during the immigration diaspora of the famine years, and well into the 20th century when immigrant groups in the US were largely various European ethnicities. The Irish were the lowest of the low, and were viewed the way Mexicans began to be viewed after about mid-century. Irish racism is not the racism of the "haves", the WASPS in the Social Register. It is the racism of the bottom of the barrel, wanting something to feel superior to and ready to kill any competitor for a piece of the pie. But to be fair, that Irish racism is the norm for only a small percentage. Being at the bottom can also engender brotherhood among the have-nots, and there have been plenty of civil rights warriors among the Irish.

RE gypsies. R28, don't compare to American Indians (PC white people call them "Native Americans.") YES, in Europe, the Romany gypsies or "Rom" are discrete ethnic group. Their ethnicity has been traced to India/Pakistan, they wandered west over a period of centuries. They are very clannish people who have many ancient folk superstitions and do not intermarry or accept outsiders. But like any clannish tribal group, there are exceptions, and there is leakage around the edges.

The Irish "gypsies", the Travellers, have in recent years come to be recognized as genetically also a discrete ethnic group, though there has disagreement among anthropologists RE, to what degree. The dominant view used to be, their geneaology was not distinct from that of the mainstream population, and they were merely Irish who centuries ago fell on hard times and became a separate "cultural" rather than ethnic group. But DNA research recently has indicated there is genetic distinctiveness. The Travellers still have clan culture and ways, but less so than the Rom, because of forced settlement in Dublin and other cities.

by Anonymousreply 243March 1, 2017 1:24 PM

face it. people are pretty much awful no matter who they are or where they come from which.............makes us all pretty much the same lol

by Anonymousreply 244March 1, 2017 1:29 PM

The Travellers separated more than a thousand years ago, which suggests...they didn't separate, the settled people separated from them.

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by Anonymousreply 245March 1, 2017 1:43 PM

Old Celtic culture probably was the vardo and the pony.

by Anonymousreply 246March 1, 2017 1:47 PM

Irish >>>>>> Italians

by Anonymousreply 247March 1, 2017 1:51 PM

Is Matt Damon Irish?

by Anonymousreply 248March 1, 2017 4:29 PM

I think he is a mixture

by Anonymousreply 249March 1, 2017 4:33 PM

R248, I think he's partly or mostly Finnish.

by Anonymousreply 250March 1, 2017 6:09 PM

This eerie Irish Traveller probably had a huge dong.

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by Anonymousreply 251March 1, 2017 6:19 PM

It's not that we're so prejudice, it's that we have the balls to say what everyone else is thinking.

by Anonymousreply 252March 1, 2017 6:23 PM

[quote] It's not that we're so prejudice, it's that we have the balls to say what everyone else is thinking.

Well, doesn't that make you special, R252? Having a big, fat, alcoholic, trashy mouth?

Would you like a Special Snowflake award for having such "balls?" Or should we award it in the shape of a shamrock? A special shamrock award just for you?

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by Anonymousreply 253March 1, 2017 6:39 PM

And we have a sense of humor, unlike R253.

by Anonymousreply 254March 1, 2017 6:47 PM

lol, I have to admit, I found the Special Shamrock Award bit a little unintentionally funny...

by Anonymousreply 255March 1, 2017 6:58 PM

Is this a Boston thing?

by Anonymousreply 256March 1, 2017 7:54 PM

The northeast, in particular, has their share of trashy, ignorant, uneducated, racist Irish. Italians, too. They are the bottom rung trash of both ethnic groups. Fortunately, most of both groups are nice, decent people. Unfortunately, it is the ill-educated, embarrassing loudmouths who get the most attention.

What race or ethnicity doesn't have their share of trash though?

by Anonymousreply 257March 1, 2017 8:11 PM

Just as with any other group, you will notice the trashy ones are the ones with the worst jobs, high school drop-outs, angry at life and bitter that their lives went nowhere, so they are looking for somebody else to hate and blame.

by Anonymousreply 258March 1, 2017 8:12 PM

At least Irish are legitimately white-skinned, unlike those dark skinned Arab, mulatto-looking Sicilitalians. Who the fuck played the big joke on those people and let them make-believe that they were white? The egg is on their face, because nobody else does!

by Anonymousreply 259March 1, 2017 11:34 PM

[quote] "Why do you suppose Irish Catholics are all such social climbers? Is it because their mothers were all maids? Oh, I don't mean you." - Gore Vidal to Dominick Dunne

by Anonymousreply 260March 1, 2017 11:37 PM

Some of the biggest racists in America are Irish! Look at FOX news!

by Anonymousreply 261March 1, 2017 11:50 PM

Gore Vidal thinks he is superior with that remark, but he is the one that comes across as an asshole.

by Anonymousreply 262March 1, 2017 11:55 PM

What ethnicity are you Irish haters? I didn't know we were a despised minoriy again.

by Anonymousreply 263March 2, 2017 12:30 AM

R263 what do you mean "again?" you never stopped being so.

by Anonymousreply 264March 2, 2017 6:09 AM

bump

by Anonymousreply 265March 2, 2017 2:49 PM

Japanese all have thick glasses, slant eyes, buck teeth and yellow skin

by Anonymousreply 266November 17, 2018 2:47 PM

Oh, lovely. A new Bump Bitch. One who doesn't bother to make sense.

by Anonymousreply 267November 17, 2018 2:51 PM
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