Comments on: Us Irish are a bunch of racist scumbags

By: K8 the GR8 » Hello Goodbye

K8 the GR8 » Hello Goodbye — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:07:45 +0000

[...] I may have mentioned my neighbour once or twice before… since we moved here eight months ago, she’s been a huge part of this house. Every now and then she’d bring a six-pack by and we’d talk nonsense until silly o’clock. Other times she’d bring something sparkly or jingly for Laughingboy to play with, or a pair of fake wings for Puppychild. We’d shirk housework together in the front garden under the sun and trapse through cowpats with our dogs, she gave me books on family herbal medicine, I gave her my ear whenever she had a gripe, which happened quite often. [...]

By: veve

veve — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:18:57 +0000

i dont know that many irish, but the ones that i have met dont seem any more racist than other europeans. however, irish americans are a whole other story. ive met quite a few irish americans who have been quite racist. i dont know if its because theres a lot of irish americans in america or because they just have a racist attitude. or maybe british americans hide it better. ive also noticed that there are quite a few irish-british who are racist. there are a lot of racist problems in liverpool where a lot of the people have irish origins.

By: unstranger

unstranger — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:30:56 +0000

Very good stuff K8 and an unsolvable condition too. Saints and scholars my bollix!

By: B

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:06:37 +0000

The community aspect of Irish society was always built around a hate for something or another.
Lord if my dad didn’t exist, lord knows what the rest of the parish would be able to unite in hate for… when he got leukemia a few years back absolutely everyone in the locality fell out with each other cos they had to start being friendly to him.

Hate for eastern Europeans with the jobs no one else was willing to do a year ago is the current one I’d say.

By: K8

K8 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:37:28 +0000

@Tom- Sorry you got trapped! Thanks for commenting, it’s a good point you make. Not passing the attitude onto the next generation would be pretty sweet, too.

By: warrior

warrior — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:52:26 +0000

YO Mike what’s with the leprechaun bashing? Don’t be such a racist. We have lots of the little feckers running around ruining the country. We bloody elected them

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:31:47 +0000

I never responded to your pet leprechaun story. If someone from any country, let alone the US, ever believed you had one as a pet then they deserve to have the wool pulled over their eyes. I mean you have to have a little fun once in a while or what’s the sense in gettin’ drunk ;=)

By: K8

K8 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:06:44 +0000

@Holemaster- That is to be admired. Sincerely. I think it’s a crying shame that the Irish don’t get into the same group mentality for mutual support. The Irish are crap with emotions.

@JimC- The Germans were stupid. They should’ve introduced themselves slowly and brainwashed us like the American culture did!
I do dislike the German accent intensely though, it’s so glottal. I’m eternally thankful for the boyz.

@Rhodester- Ha! Mind the termites…

@Warrior- Is that a tongue-in-cheek compliment? Heheh… I sincerely would love to have a pint with you too someday! I should probably point out that yes, I do indeed club myself in with this bunch of racist scumbags I’ve named… but travellers are different. I’ve never met an American who tried to hawk illegally begotten stuffs at my door only to become volatile and belligerent when I refuse. Nor have they ever stolen my dog. Nor have they moved caravan-loads of their families into my front garden and charged me several hundred euros to move. It’s different. Entirely different!

@Michael- You’re so right… Ireland is that close to ethnic cleansing it’s not even funny.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:14:20 +0000

I believe it might be the case of – let he who is without sin cast the first racist remark. We probably all have a touch of racism in us, no matter what colour or race that we are born into, it is not taking it to the extreme that is important.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:57:32 +0000

One quick note. I never voted for either Bush not once, not ever. That is my political viewpoint. If this is about politics and not racism I can see your point. We all didn’t vote for “W” Bush. It just may seem that way.

Like Warrior I work with a black man that politely puts up with the same comments ,but not from me. I hate racism in any form.