Racism is alive and well in Ireland

BrookieD

:mad:
Wow to say i am pi**ed is a massive understatement. I moved here from the UK 15 years ago, Drove a taxi in Dublin and have worked for the last 10 years in various big companies, never have i been spoken to with such venom and hate as happened ten mins ago outside my front door.

Some "person" decided to call me all the English wan***s, c**ts, bas***ds, and more besides. I should "f**k off back to the UK, as you took 6 counties and your not getting anymore"

what the hell is going on........

on the plus side it was a fantastic advert for my son on how not to treat others.........


rant over:mad::mad::mad::mad:

CreepingDeath

You're a TAXI DRIVER ? That's worse than being English !

BrookieD

LOL no used to be........ that phase past

Max Power1

CreepingDeath wrote: »

You're a TAXI DRIVER ? That's worse than being English !

Ah sure you probably took them on a "shortcut" that added 20 quid to the journey.

davrho

At least he never started on your bad points:p

Crann na Beatha

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rossie1977

racism?? the english are not a different race to the irish

i think you mean nationalism...

mardybumbum

The English are a race now? :eek:

Mint Sauce

CreepingDeath wrote: »

You're a TAXI DRIVER ? That's worse than being English !

he was taxi driver

Tabnabs

http://dogonablog.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/no_irish_no_blacks.jpg

Ive noticed that its getting harder for anyone with an english accent.

Im Irish, but my folks moved over to the UK when I was 3. Obviously I developed an English accent but I moved back home when I was 16.

Even now that im 32 I still have a English accent and yet I have started to be told to feck off back to England etc, I cant find work and have been spoken down too at interviews. One person even asked me how could I be Irish with a English accent!

And what really gets me is that most Irish people have family living in the UK or have buggered off over there looking for work themselves!

TheZohanS

BrookieD wrote: »

:mad:
Wow to say i am pi**ed is a massive understatement. I moved here from the UK 15 years ago, Drove a taxi in Dublin and have worked for the last 10 years in various big companies, never have i been spoken to with such venom and hate as happened ten mins ago outside my front door.

Some "person" decided to call me all the English wan***s, c**ts, bas***ds, and more besides. I should "f**k off back to the UK, as you took 6 counties and your not getting anymore"

what the hell is going on........

on the plus side it was a fantastic advert for my son on how not to treat others.........


rant over:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Racism is alive and well in Ireland

One person =/= all of Ireland.


I was called a terrorist by an English guy when I worked in London, shìt happens.

alwaysadub

He called to your door to abuse you?

Anyway, there are plenty of small minded people out there OP unfortunately. Should've thrown a bucket of hot water over him.

mardybumbum

rossie1977 wrote: »

racism?? the english are not a different race to the irish

i think you mean nationalism...

The English are a race now?

SNAP


Edit: Being serious for a moment. Unfortunately some people still view the English as foreign invaders that took our land. The plantations occured only last week apparently.

Check the stormfront irish forum.. Now that's racism.

Mint Sauce

rossie1977 wrote: »

racism?? the english are not a different race to the irish

i think you mean nationalism...

mardybumbum wrote: »

The English are a race now? :eek:

either way its no way to speak to some one based on their accent, its just ignornace. i had it a few times when i first moved here, heard 'f off back home british b@astard' a few times, plus people making asumptions about my religion and backgound based on my name.

:mad:

Sanjuro

Deleted User wrote: »

Check the stormfront irish forum.. Now that's racism.

I made the mistake of checking that out out of morbid curiosity. I was still absolutely appalled at some of the posts. Really shocking.

The Aussie

TheZohan wrote: »

One person =/= all of Ireland.

It is always that one knob that you remember, there is a great perception that some nationalities are racist, fact is every country has its band of merry rednecks, a sad fact. i remember being told that the irish are not racist because they know what it is like to be oppressed, yes i did laugh:pac:

BrookieD

ahh sure sh*t happens, just did not expect that to happen. just wanted to vent my anger as this has never happened to me in all my days here

Kepti

irish-stew wrote: »

plus people making asumptions about my religion and backgound based on my name.

:mad:

You can't blame them, it does sound like Irish Jew when you say it aloud.

dvpower

mardybumbum wrote: »

The plantations occured only last week apparently.

That Alan Titchmarsh has a lot to answer for.

IvySlayer

Calling the whole of Ireland racist because of one muppet is racism.

BrookieD

IvySlayer wrote: »

Calling the whole of Ireland racist because of one muppet is racism.

i think you will find i did not say that, i stated that Racism is alive and well in Ireland. Not everybody but it is there.

Good to see Generalisation is alive and well in Ireland.

Auldloon

There are idiots in every country.
I'm Irish living in the UK. Today at work two new guys were discussing the recent situation in Northern Ireland.
I quote
"Best thing to do would be shoot all those Irish bas***d's"
"Aye, should send the paras back over there"
This was right in front of me in the crew room and they both knew I was Irish...
A few others murmured agreement.

BrookieD

Chuileog wrote: »

There are idiots in every country.
I'm Irish living in the UK. Today at work two new guys were discussing the recent situation in Northern Ireland.
I quote
"Best thing to do would be shoot all those Irish bas***d's"
"Aye, should send the paras back over there"
This was right in front of me in the crew room and they both knew I was Irish...
A few others murmured agreement.

should stick them in a room with the idiot i had the displeasure of listening to:rolleyes:

Its them others we should be worried about!:D

Ricardo G

It happens everywhere, even within our own communities to be fair, a lot of people might not admit to it but it happens everyday of the week people judged on where they live, their accents, how old they are etc etc. Not to add fuel to the fire but many Irish are still treated this way in the UK and other countries its always gonna be there so its not really worth getting too upset about it

Kasabian

BrookieD wrote: »

:mad:
Wow to say i am pi**ed is a massive understatement. I moved here from the UK 15 years ago, Drove a taxi in Dublin and have worked for the last 10 years in various big companies, never have i been spoken to with such venom and hate as happened ten mins ago outside my front door.

Some "person" decided to call me all the English wan***s, c**ts, bas***ds, and more besides. I should "f**k off back to the UK, as you took 6 counties and your not getting anymore"

what the hell is going on........

on the plus side it was a fantastic advert for my son on how not to treat others.........


rant over:mad::mad::mad::mad:

I haven't read any post after yours OP but Jesus where do you think your going with your sweeping accusation that this country is alive with racism. First of all your understanding of racism is wrong , you had better learn and teach your son the correct understanding of the term before spouting it around .

You have met an ignorant idiot , shock horror they are everywhere including England in fact I would guess there are probably a higher number there if you think about it.

As for the lesson for your son , " take **** from someone on your own doorstep son and then run to the internet and cry racism".

Grow a pair

fryup

Chuileog wrote: »

There are idiots in every country.
I'm Irish living in the UK. Today at work two new guys were discussing the recent situation in Northern Ireland.
I quote
"Best thing to do would be shoot all those Irish bas***d's"
"Aye, should send the paras back over there"
This was right in front of me in the crew room and they both knew I was Irish...
A few others murmured agreement.

don't believe that for a second:cool:

peanuthead

Deleted User wrote: »

Its them others we should be worried about!:D

The Greeks?

ScumLord

Chuileog wrote: »

There are idiots in every country.
I'm Irish living in the UK. Today at work two new guys were discussing the recent situation in Northern Ireland.
I quote
"Best thing to do would be shoot all those Irish bas***d's"
"Aye, should send the paras back over there"
This was right in front of me in the crew room and they both knew I was Irish...
A few others murmured agreement.

You should have corrected them stating they where British not Irish. That should annoy just about everyone no matter which side their on.

Irish have been getting that treatment all the time in England. I had one guy tell me he could tell I was Irish by the slur in my voice.

TheZohanS

BrookieD wrote: »

none of the above as i can not stand irish radio. crap presenters, not one funny person on any station, all amature in the presenting style and crap mix of music. how many times can you hear the same boring top 15 songs at the moment with a mix of crap from 2000's, 1990's 1980's.

BBC Radio1 one every time wins hands down, Moyles in the morning, Mills in the evening, greg james & fearne cotton during the day. Music is great as you hear many more songs than any irish radio station can play due to the large number of adverts.

also can pick it up in the car on 99.7 :-)

Hmmm.....

Overheal

Deleted User wrote: »

Check the stormfront irish forum.. Now that's racism.

I tried registering there once; apparently debunking bull**** is a bannable offense.

GTE

Dont worry, he will say sorry once he has to go the UK to get a job.

Royal Irish

irish-stew wrote: »

either way its no way to speak to some one based on their accent, its just ignornace. i had it a few times when i first moved here, heard 'f off back home british b@astard' a few times, plus people making asumptions about my religion and backgound based on my name.

:mad:

Your name is not Mohammad Windsor by any chance ?

flanno_7hi

You should have punched him in his ****ing face or at least put him in his place, you have to educate a scumbag like that, basically imo you showed your kid to just take it.
I live and work in england and ive lost count of the times ive been called a stupid paddy, had people make famine joke (yes i know it was a long time ago but it still aint acceptable) and been told to **** off home to ireland and that is just from people from work. (im an aeroengineer so its not like im working in a mine or a site or anything - not that that would make it more acceptable) It is still nothing like the actual racism i hear everyday, I'm in lancashire and the disgusting comments "jokes" and slurs against asians and africans makes me feel sick. I've had to tell people to stop telling me those sort of jokes.

I was told "you irish have always been riding our coattails" i wish i had have said that only because you had us tied down but i actually just said "**** off". Oh and I have alos been called a ****ing terrorist, my favourite response to this is "I'm not but I can introduce you to my family if you would like" usually shuts people up.


Sorry that was a bit longwinded.

Wicklowrider

BrookieD wrote: »

:mad:

Some "person" decided to call me all the English wan***s, c**ts, bas***ds, and more besides. I should "f**k off back to the UK, as you took 6 counties and your not getting anymore"


rant over:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Sounds horrible.
Do you know the person? was there a lead up to this or did they just accost you out of the blue? How'd they know you are english?
Sorry to hear it anyway and hope your kid is alright.

Ricardo G

I was wondering this also, this guy hardly walked up, knocked on your door and took a wild guess that you were English? Come on.......out with the truth lol

minister poxbottle

feelingstressed wrote: »

OP, that is not racism, Irish and English are not a different race

Anyway, you are a taxi driver, if you don't start the rants in the cab then a lot of fares will start them for you.

In short, being English is no shame, nobody would criticize someone for that
But you are a taxi driver, you are self employed and nobody bar your useless union to back you up

Whats with the taxi driver bullsiht

The_Kew_Tour

BrookieD wrote: »

:mad:
Wow to say i am pi**ed is a massive understatement. I moved here from the UK 15 years ago, Drove a taxi in Dublin and have worked for the last 10 years in various big companies, never have i been spoken to with such venom and hate as happened ten mins ago outside my front door.

Some "person" decided to call me all the English wan***s, c**ts, bas***ds, and more besides. I should "f**k off back to the UK, as you took 6 counties and your not getting anymore"

what the hell is going on........

on the plus side it was a fantastic advert for my son on how not to treat others.........


rant over:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Only after 15 years have you got abuse.

hell you have done well to get this far

Gavin "shels"

Were they a Man Utd or Liverpool fan is the real question here.

alwaysadub

feelingstressed wrote: »

OP, that is not racism, Irish and English are not a different race

Anyway, you are a taxi driver, if you don't start the rants in the cab then a lot of fares will start them for you.

In short, being English is no shame, nobody would criticize someone for that
But you are a taxi driver, you are self employed and nobody bar your useless union to back you up

Wtf has that got to do with anything?

NewApproach

Lol, the owner of that stormfront website, a white supremacists forum, is named Mr. Black :pac:

Auldloon

ScumLord wrote: »

You should have corrected them stating they where British not Irish. That should annoy just about everyone no matter which side their on.

Irish have been getting that treatment all the time in England. I had one guy tell me he could tell I was Irish by the slur in my voice.

I should have said lots of things but I was two bloody annoyed and didn't trust myself not to say too much once I started.

Flanno_7hi I'm in the same industry which probably explains a lot...

Nodin

BrookieD wrote: »

:mad:
Wow to say i am pi**ed is a massive understatement. I moved here from the UK 15 years ago, Drove a taxi in Dublin and have worked for the last 10 years in various big companies, never have i been spoken to with such venom and hate as happened ten mins ago outside my front door.

Some "person" decided to call me all the English wan***s, c**ts, bas***ds, and more besides. I should "f**k off back to the UK, as you took 6 counties and your not getting anymore"

Why? Were you annexing part of some ones garden?

owenc

rossie1977 wrote: »

racism?? the english are not a different race to the irish

i think you mean nationalism...

Republicanism, anyway back on topic. You should've just closed the door on him, its not your fault what someone 400 years ago did, we are happy anyway we want to stay in the uk.:D Now back on topic.

flanno_7hi

owenc wrote: »

Republicanism, anyway back on topic. You should've just closed the door on him, its not your fault what someone 400 years ago did, we are happy anyway we want to stay in the uk.:D Now back on topic.

how so?

we want to stay in the uk[/B that everyone is it?

Mike 1972

TheZohan wrote: »

I was called a terrorist by an English guy when I worked in London, shìt happens.

Didnt you find out where they lived and have the boys pay them a visit ? :pac:

alwaysadub

feelingstressed wrote: »

The OP is a taxi driver, did you even read the thread or did you skip right to the end?

Did you? He never once said it happened in his taxi, he never even said whether he still is a taxi driver. He said he drove a taxi in Dublin and worked in big companies
You're the only one to start on about unions.

Nodin

feelingstressed wrote: »

The OP is a taxi driver,

Good Jesus. You get the torches ready, I'll grab a few pitchforks and gather the mob!!!!