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OT: Political Poll - Racist or Not Racist?
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 886392" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>i think too many analagies are being made that have missed the mark and are just not even close. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am Irish, and I don't find the "Fighting Irish" of Notre Dame in any way offiensive. It refeers to Irish as Irish not some drrogitory name. I see the Fighting part as applying to most sports teams who are said to :Fight to win the game.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The other key factor is that the Irish are not classified as an oppressed minority. Nobody discriminates agains Irish peop;e because they think they are drunken brawlers, etc. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians, and Jews are people who have been oppressed, inslaved, and even murdered buy individuals and governements.. Many years ago, Irish were known as drunken brawlers primarily from the Gangs of New Yourg over 150 years ago, and does not apply now. It is no diffeerent than assuming that all Italians are gangsters because some italians were in the Mafia, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 886392, member: 52972"] i think too many analagies are being made that have missed the mark and are just not even close. I am Irish, and I don't find the "Fighting Irish" of Notre Dame in any way offiensive. It refeers to Irish as Irish not some drrogitory name. I see the Fighting part as applying to most sports teams who are said to :Fight to win the game. The other key factor is that the Irish are not classified as an oppressed minority. Nobody discriminates agains Irish peop;e because they think they are drunken brawlers, etc. Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians, and Jews are people who have been oppressed, inslaved, and even murdered buy individuals and governements.. Many years ago, Irish were known as drunken brawlers primarily from the Gangs of New Yourg over 150 years ago, and does not apply now. It is no diffeerent than assuming that all Italians are gangsters because some italians were in the Mafia, etc. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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