Would you take offence if someone called you a Leprechaun for being Irish??

wp_rathead

Context is always important and In this context it was intended as an insult

It is such a sh!te attempt at an insult though it is kinda pathetic to take it seriously

The Fox News anchor deserves to be ridiculed for saying something so juvenile

Streetwalker

Disgusting tbh. Hope she loses her job over it.

dont bother

HAHA Brilliant!!
no-one deserves a ridicule more than that ugly little smug minger Rory Mcilroy. MInger.

hatrickpatrick

Personally I'd take it as a sexual advance rather than an insult.

jester77

The Americans still use plenty of slurs towards the Irish, leprechaun wouldn't be the worst. Paddywagon is one that I find offensive.

arybvtcw0eolkf

speedboatchase wrote: »

Happened before and yes, I was offended. I was working in a retail store in England and when I asked a colleague a question, she was surprised to see me and said "Ooh, you popped up like a little leprechaun there!"

I pointed out that if I wasn't Irish she wouldn't have said that, and that it was a bit messed up to say that. I didn't kick up a huge fuss but it was irritating, especially since she couldn't understand how I might have been offended.

You must have an awfully high opinion of yourself :pac:

Riskymove

jester77 wrote: »

The Americans still use plenty of slurs towards the Irish, leprechaun wouldn't be the worst. Paddywagon is one that I find offensive.

American culture certainly has a skewed, old world view of portraying Irish people as drunken peasants etc.

On TV in Star Trek there are a number of examples but my favourite story is that there was an episode of Deep Space Nine centered on Chief O'Brien involving some idea about mythological figures coming real. The idea was to have a Leprechaun until Colm Meany told them where to stick it and it ended up being Rumplestiltskin or some such.

Cold War Kid

SpaceTime wrote: »

That didn't sound like a joke. She said it pretty nastily!

Also note how her colleague just tried to rapidly move on with a slight "wtf? Did she just say that" expression...

Yeah entirely dependent on context/intent. Plenty of scenarios when it would just be funny or no biggie
but in this case the intention was to disparage.

Son Of A Vidic

So the good old dim witted bigots on Fox News are just being their usual selves. Personally it doesn't bother me, because I would give greater gravitas to the opinion of a slug, than anyone from Fox News.

Duckworth_Luas

Riskymove wrote: »

American culture certainly has a skewed, old world view of portraying Irish people as drunken peasants etc.

On TV in Star Trek there are a number of examples but my favourite story is that there was an episode of Deep Space Nine centered on Chief O'Brien involving some idea about mythological figures coming real. The idea was to have a Leprechaun until Colm Meany told them where to stick it and it ended up being Rumplestiltskin or some such.

Was Colm afraid of being typecast given his starring role in The Magical Land of the Leprechauns?

razorblunt

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I'd never heard leprechaun being used as an actual term of abuse until watching a video of 3 Americans (I think they were Americans) jumping an Irish guy in a GAA jersey outside a pizza place and him frantically trying to hold on to his pizza while they sucker punched him. I thought it was over for him until they made him drop his pizza and he got the rage and started throwing out drunken haymakers until they all ran for their lives.

So yeah, the anchor just needs a drunken haymaker and we're all square.

To be honest for wearing his GAA jersey abroad he deserves to lose his pizza.

Riskymove

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Was Colm afraid of being typecast given his starring role in The Magical Land of the Leprechauns?

lol, good one!

Paramite Pie

NachoBusiness wrote: »

It's just a term use to lightheartedly slag us..

Like calling New Zealanders sheep shaggers, or French people cheese eating surrender monkeys.

^^Those are far worse!!

Magico Gonzalez

It's wrong to call the French "monkeys"....

il gatto

Coming from WASP central at Fox, it is an insult. Turn the other cheek if it makes you feel big but if I was McIlroy, I'd sue them. F@ck that Victorian sh1t.

dont bother

but he actually does look like a leprechaun. his melted "botched plastic surgery" looking face even though he hasnt had any!? his horrible smug attitude, his horrible accent, etc etc...

he's the spit of the evil leprechaun from the movie of the same name. horrible little git.

DEFTLEFTHAND

dont bother wrote: »

but he actually does look like a leprechaun. his melted "botched plastic surgery" looking face even though he hasnt had any!? his horrible smug attitude, his horrible accent, etc etc...

he's the spit of the evil leprechaun from the movie of the same name. horrible little git.

Ahh I think he's a nice little fella, he seems to have matured quite a bit recently.

When it comes to his appearance he's a bit froggy looking around the face and has bad skin, not completely hideous though.

il gatto

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Ahh I think he's a nice little fella, he seems to have matured quite a bit recently.

When it comes to his appearance he's a bit froggy looking around the face and has bad skin, not completely hideous though.

Ha. He would be if he wasn't loaded. He'd lead a lonely life romance wise if he was poor.

Overheal

Take it away, Frau

WesternZulu

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

It's wrong to call the French "monkeys"....

Everyone knows they prefer the term ''frogs''.

Eugene Norman

The "leprechaun" woman was hot enough. I don't suppose there's any chance of the ride though given her stance on us little people.

Buona Fortuna

If someone said it to me, I'd stop wearing the green floppy hat, green suit and bootees.:D

wp_rathead

Can't find the exchange with a Fox News Anchor and PaddyPower that the OP mentioned anywhere

Saipanne

Depends on the context, if it was intended for offence they'd be getting punched.

Crooked Jack

Dont think I'd be offended. I'd certainly think they were an unimaginative idiot though. I got "Spud" a lot while i was working in Canada. Never bothered me, just thought it was kinda lazy.

SharpshooterTom

wp_rathead wrote: »

Can't find the exchange with a Fox News Anchor and PaddyPower that the OP mentioned anywhere

It wasn't a conversation per say, I wrote that wrong. The black female presenter there responded to paddypower on her twitter a couple of times, that was it. It just struck me as a bit odd the whole thing.

https://twitter.com/harrisfaulkner

suicide_circus

I would be more offended by the lack of wit and originality of the comment than by the comment itself

H3llR4iser

Having been living in Ireland for nearly a decade now, I still am faced with an endless stream of "mafia" jokes, name calling and punchlines when Irish people find out I am Italian (I do not have the typical "Super Mario" accent, so it's not immediately apparent).

If I was to take offense every time, I'd have come to blows or legal disputes with half the Emerald Isle by now...

lertsnim

SpaceTime wrote: »

She shouldn't be presenting the news if she can't refrain from making nasty remarks about people.

FOX News don't do news so she is in the right place.

il gatto

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Having been living in Ireland for nearly a decade now, I still am faced with an endless stream of "mafia" jokes, name calling and punchlines when Irish people find out I am Italian (I do not have the typical "Super Mario" accent, so it's not immediately apparent).

If I was to take offense every time, I'd have come to blows or legal disputes with half the Emerald Isle by now...

You need to move. Edit to say elsewhere in Ireland. Came across a bit xenophobic there