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

wp_rathead

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

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

it was odd arlight cause it clearly wasn't her that said it
what an odd news network Fox are

BettePorter

Depends on the context really. Was she saying omg hes a leprachaun ( Irish) I cant stand him? If so id be offended. But if she was just qualifying himnas a leprachaun (Irish) and then saying she couldn't stand him ( cause hes a bit of a knob) then im fully behind her!... Cause he is tbh!

wakka12

everyone loves being offended by everything these days

If you're offended by being called a 'leprechaun' then I think you're a bit touched, I would agree that that news anchor is a bitch though.

Hazys

I live in the US and back in my single days a couple of times an american girl iin a bar has made a joke about being irish and leprechauns in my presence.

My response was "I'm 1/8th leprechaun and I find that offensive."

In a country where everybody is 1/8th something and a little ignorant to the world outside the US and massively fears being called a racist, the reactions were hilarious. So many bit their tongue straight after and couldn't tell if i was being serious or not.

wp_rathead

She has replied
Yesterday at this time I used the word leprechaun to describe golfer Rory McIlroy. I love sports, I love golf, but I am not a fan of Rory’s.
Mostly for the way he treated tennis great Caroline Wozniacki and discarded her like a piece of chewed gum when he broke her heart and broke off their engagement in a short phone conversation.
That’s worse than breaking up on a Post-it. Now to be clear, neither Harris nor Jenna Lee used the term and I don’t want them to get the credit for it. I called Rory McIlroy a leprechaun and believe me I wanted to call him much worse.
As you know, some of my best friends are leprechauns and they also have tremendous sense of humor. Thank you.

Jaysus she is some thunder cnut
And I can say that cause some of my best friends are thunder cnuts and they also have a tremendous sense of humour

BettePorter

wp_rathead wrote:

Jaysus she is some thunder cnut And I can say that cause some of my best friends are thunder cnuts and they also have a tremendous sense of humour

To be fair I think as far as responses go its fairly acceptable. She didn't back -track in the usual faux repentant spiel a PR company churned out! She was quite honest! She just happens to think hes a tosser...... leprachaunism aside!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Good response, her colleagues were getting abuse on Twitter so she needed to issue a statement on the matter.

wp_rathead

BettePorter wrote: »

To be fair I think as far as responses go its fairly acceptable. She didn't back -track in the usual faux repentant spiel a PR company churned out! She was quite honest! She just happens to think hes a tosser...... leprachaunism aside!

Ya she doesn't like him fair enough

Just "leprechaun". Jesus, I can't get my head around someone even thinking of using that - like calling someone a Mórbeag or something

Samaris

I'd point out there that context means a lot. I don't mind "leprechaun", it's a silly word, but I would mind if someone used the word as an insult, connected to "I can't stand them".

Edit: Also, I don't effing care. If she's reporting on sports, she should report on the sport, not his private life. What the hell does his nationality have to do with whether he's a dick or not?

Elmo

Samaris wrote: »

I'd point out there that context means a lot. I don't mind "leprechaun", it's a silly word, but I would mind if someone used the word as an insult, connected to "I can't stand them".

Edit: Also, I don't effing care. If she's reporting on sports, she should report on the sport, not his private life. What the hell does his nationality have to do with whether he's a dick or not?

Imagine what she'd have called Tiger Woods if he had had an accident playing soccer.

She'd say something like "He's such a Pussy Forester!" (Cause his names tiger and woods, not because he's an African American, some of my best friends are African American, though they're not from America or Africa)