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Indian-American woman wins Miss America, 'Muricans think she's an Arab and go mad

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    So it's a news report on twitter comments? Yeah that's representative.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,892 ✭✭✭bizmark


    313 million Americans are ignorant says shining light of non ignorance on a message board more at 11


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    There's ignorant people in every lane, townland, village, town, county, state and province in the world. Always was, always will be. It's a pity that they have enough intelligence to utilise social media, but in a way it's good as it shows them up for what they are.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,788 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I don't know what they're all complaining about, it's about time a native American won.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭conor2469


    Miss Kansas "Loves tattoos". I agree, that is a real American......


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    conor2469 wrote: »
    Miss Kansas "Loves tattoos". I agree, that is a real American......

    She looks like Kurt Russell in a blonde wig.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Foxhound38


    bizmark wrote: »
    313 million Americans are ignorant says shining light of non ignorance on a message board more at 11

    You fail to see the distinction between Americans and 'Muricans - this thread is concerned with the latter, some of whom have been making a holy show of themselves on social media over this


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I don't know what they're all complaining about, it's about time a native American won.

    Reminds me of the Diwali party my niece's school had. The kids were told to wear traditional Indian dress.

    My sister had a call from a panicking mother, she could only find a Pocahontas costume, did she think that would be OK?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,026 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    There's ignorant people in every lane, townland, village, town, county, state and province in the world. Always was, always will be. It's a pity that they have enough intelligence to utilise social media, but in a way it's good as it shows them up for what they are.

    You need no intelligence whatsoever to use social media, they are catered and crafted to be as accessible as they get. Put a 6 years old, barely able to read/write, in front of Facebook or Twitter and see how long it takes for them to figure things out.

    The big problem with social media is exactly that: they provide the perfect vehicle for ignorant and stupid keyboard warriors to spread their venom, with no fear of any backlash or consequences. 99 out of 100 of the lowlifes posting these comments would never have such discussion face to face with other people, or in a public place.

    On the other side, I agree that in a way this also provides a very good picture of what many people think for real, without the facade they need in day-to-day interaction. Mankind is screwed, bit time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭Jeju


    She does look rather upset by it all.

    ACLJh3C.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    The american school system is pretty crap and there are vested interests in keeping people thinking that the majority of Americans are white and speak english and those are the people who should represent America.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,788 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    H3llR4iser wrote: »
    The big problem with social media is exactly that: they provide the perfect vehicle for ignorant and stupid keyboard warriors to spread their venom, with no fear of any backlash or consequences.
    I wouldn't call it venom, that gives too much weight to their ramblings. It's more like walking into a room that you know has a big annoying blue bottle fly in it.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Moral of this story.

    The loudest people in Social Media/Society, tend to be the biggest ****ing idiots.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Only in America would the Americans give out about an American winning Miss America wha' !


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-lot-of-people-are-very-upset-that-an-indian-american-woman

    Funny and tragic in equal measure. Does make me wonder how actual Arab-Americans get by with the amount of ignorance thrown their way over there...


    ....tbh, if we treated posts on social media along the lines of 'some gobshite in the pub said....' we'd be better off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭clairefontaine


    Im happy a New Yorker won. Two years in a row!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    You lost me at "Muricans"

    I hate that crap


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    tin79 wrote: »
    You lost me at "Muricans"

    I hate that crap

    what about Injun-Muricans?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    They really don't like people from Indiana over there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭metaoblivia


    I'm getting so much second-hand embarrassment from reading those tweets. My favorite was "Egypt dancing? This is America" in response to the Bollywood routine she danced. Those tweets are awful, but also hilarious because how fcuking stupid do you have to be? But then they make me sad because people the world over will read them and it will just reinforce negative stereotypes of Americans. It's funny how some of the most self-proclaimed patriotic people do the most damage to the US reputation worldwide.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    There is of course a strain of thick, ignorant racism of this variety that runs through American society but are we any different in Ireland? Lee Chin, an Irishman and dual GAA star of Chinese heritage has come in for buckets of abuse while playing the national games; is that any different than the abuse being thrown at your one? There are stupid bigots in every country in the world, it's not limited to the USA.

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gaa-star-lee-chin-speaks-out-about-racist-abuse-to-stop-it-for-younger-players-26868570.html


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    Muise... wrote: »
    what about Injun-Muricans?

    I am fine with that. Proceed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 443 ✭✭Elbaston


    Sort of an irony spiral going on there.
    I mean theres a lot of Americans, to tar them all as ignorant would be ignorant.

    That said their redneck community provide disproportionate lulz, I love them for it.

    Their Obama-phone section too.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,949 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Elbaston wrote: »
    Sort of an irony spiral going on there.
    I mean theres a lot of Americans, to tar them all as ignorant would be ignorant.

    That said their redneck community provide disproportionate lulz, I love them for it.

    Their Obama-phone section too.



    quite. Isn't it spironic?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 182 ✭✭rabjoshu


    What about the American-Indians?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,952 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    This is a country that distrusts atheists more than rapists.
    http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-12-10/religion-atheism/51777612/1

    They really don't like anything that's different whether it be belief, skin colour or anything at all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


    Can somebody please tell Bobby Jindal (R-LA) that all white americans now hate him and wish he would go back to Egypt, or do we treat it as some dopes mouthing off?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭MonaPizza


    The Miss Kansas was a total white trash skank with that horrible tattoo.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Twitter: high society in 40 characters or less


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