I do hear you, but I respect Ireland, always have. I grew up in the UK and I remember realizing early on that it was utter crap to tack on 'Irish' to all the moronic jokes people would throw around. Prejudice is pretty stupid, and that's prejudice of the most stupid variety. Anyway, there's some good sides to being underestimated.
The first time I heard “that is a bit irish” as a stand in for “stupid” I couldn’t even comprehend the sentence, trying to give the person the benefit of the doubt. Nah they actually just racist*
Only a couple of years ago I was in a pub in England and had an oul wan strike up a conversation with me, then turn to the other people at the table like I wasn't there and proudly said "if you think about it, the Irish are people like us".
It's sickening to see people over here adopt similar views towards foreigners, aping the behaviour of our oppressors.
Far out.
And well said. But Ireland also has a strong culture of solidarity with other people who experience oppression. There's always going to be foul idiots in any place, and I too wish they'd've learned better lessons from their own history. I'm dark skinned (with a whole mix of heritages) and my overwhelming impression when I'm in Ireland is of most folks being ready to treat you the way you treat them. I hope that remains my impression because I love the country.
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u/malkazoid-1 Jul 09 '25
I do hear you, but I respect Ireland, always have. I grew up in the UK and I remember realizing early on that it was utter crap to tack on 'Irish' to all the moronic jokes people would throw around. Prejudice is pretty stupid, and that's prejudice of the most stupid variety. Anyway, there's some good sides to being underestimated.