Are you xenophobe?

palaver · 08-04-2009 11:11PM #1

That is, do you think that foreigners in this country are the root of all the misery and misgivings you feel at the moment? That you would be better off without all the foreigners over here?

A friend, a foreigner himself, asked the other day if the Irish are turning (turning? were'nt they ever? :rolleyes:) xenophobe regarding the economic crisis. He read AH comments and got the impression that foreigners, or the official term: non-nationals, are blamed for everything which is going wrong with this country.

So, are you? Honestly?

javaboy · 08-04-2009 11:14PM

Nope. I am a Xenuphobe though. Can't walk down O'Connell street without getting asked to take a personality test these days. :mad:

Gazza22 · 08-04-2009 11:15PM

Fcuk yeah...damn fordiners tkn ar jbs bud

Really? No

Acacia · 08-04-2009 11:17PM

palaver wrote: »

He read AH comments ...

That was his first mistake. You should tell him that most things posted on AH are light-hearted, and on the off-chance that they are serious, the poster in question is usually , how shall I put it, a muppet...

Seriously, though why did he base his opinion in the whole country based on an internet forum? Not denying that there is an element of xenophobia in some parts of Irish society...like anywhere.

Gazza22 · 08-04-2009 11:19PM

javaboy wrote: »

Nope. I am a Xenuphobe though. Can't walk down O'Connell street without getting asked to take a personality test these days. :mad:

Same :mad: It's always the same guy too, i mutter no and the reply is always the same "But it will be good for you" a with a sick Tom Cruise smile

arse..biscuits · 08-04-2009 11:19PM

Acacia wrote: »

Seriously, though why did he base his opinion in the whole country based on an internet forum?

Thats what foreigners do

Galvasean · 08-04-2009 11:20PM

Heck yeah, ever since that Ridley Scott film in '79

Blush_01 · 08-04-2009 11:22PM

Nope, but I know plenty of people who are. I had an argument with a drunk on a bus once regarding his xenophobic attitude - it was hilarious, actually.

I'm anti-sponger, regardless of creed, breed or sexual orientation. I find people who see welfare as a career choice despicable. Other than that, I couldn't give a toss who you are or what you do, pretty much.

Quint · 08-04-2009 11:22PM

Please, think of the poor swans

Acacia · 08-04-2009 11:25PM

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Thats what foreigners do

Yah, they also duk our jawbs, ate our swans,etc,etc.

...but at least they're good-looking. :pac:

I think that pretty much sums up how the typical fordiner thread goes in AH.

staker · 08-04-2009 11:26PM

Does that include the all those people from Grance? the Grench?

08-04-2009 11:28PM

I don't have any feelings of misery or misgivings. . .

kwestfan08 · 08-04-2009 11:39PM

palaver wrote: »

That is, do you think that foreigners in this country are the root of all the misery and misgivings you feel at the moment? That you would be better off without all the foreigners over here?

A friend, a foreigner himself, asked the other day if the Irish are turning (turning? were'nt they ever? :rolleyes:) xenophobe regarding the economic crisis. He read AH comments and got the impression that foreigners, or the official term: non-nationals, are blamed for everything which is going wrong with this country.

So, are you? Honestly?

Emm I doubt the offical term is non-national, isn't everybody is from somwhere i.e they have a nationality

mike65 · 08-04-2009 11:45PM

Hate the Xenos I does, hate them.

palaver · 08-04-2009 11:48PM

kwestfan08 wrote: »

Emm I doubt the offical term is non-national, isn't everybody is from somwhere i.e they have a nationality

Yeah sure, but did it sink in among the general public?

Non-national is the official term for actually 'bloody foreigners'. That's a fact.
A gentrified term doesn't mean that the feeling towards the blow-ins/the aliens/the foreigners is any different.

rediguana · 08-04-2009 11:51PM

My mum hates the foreigners since unemployment shot up. I can only debate the point with her when I'm drunk, as it gets too annoying too fast.

kwestfan08 · 08-04-2009 11:53PM

palaver wrote: »

Yeah sure, but did it sink in among the general public?

Non-national is the official term for actually 'bloody foreigners'. That's a fact.
A gentrified term doesn't mean that the feeling towards the blow-ins/the aliens/the foreigners is any different.

The official term with who?, racists?

ShooterSF · 09-04-2009 12:04AM

palaver wrote: »

That is, do you think that foreigners in this country are the root of all the misery and misgivings you feel at the moment? That you would be better off without all the foreigners over here?

A friend, a foreigner himself, asked the other day if the Irish are turning (turning? were'nt they ever? :rolleyes:) xenophobe regarding the economic crisis. He read AH comments and got the impression that foreigners, or the official term: non-nationals, are blamed for everything which is going wrong with this country.

So, are you? Honestly?

Hmm before this I didn't understand the word xenophobe (looked it up) Surely an irrational fear of foreigners requires people not to try and rationalise it. You can't become xenophobic from an economic crisis any more than arachnophobia surely?

banquo · 09-04-2009 12:11AM

Given that we have a ridiculous history of emmigration, I think that any Irish person with the attitude of ''bloody immigrants'' is a selfish moron.

Schism · 09-04-2009 12:14AM

I'll just leave this here

ShooterSF · 09-04-2009 12:20AM

banquo wrote: »

Given that we have a ridiculous history of emmigration, I think that any Irish person with the attitude of ''bloody immigrants'' is a selfish moron.

Given that we were oppressed by the british for 800 years I think anyone who befriends an english man is a selfish moron*

*I don't really I was just showing your logic makes little sense.

tony1kenobi · 09-04-2009 12:24AM

No OP we are not xenophobes.....your mate got the wrong end of the stick completely.

What he/she needs to do is learn English properly and/or fcuk off back to where he/she came from.

Holsten · 09-04-2009 12:38AM

Honestly, yes.. yes I am.

pierrot · 09-04-2009 12:43AM

People in general are afraid of the unknown. Like a baby making strange. Some take it a bit further.

allimac · 09-04-2009 12:51AM

YES

live2thewire · 09-04-2009 01:43AM

good god no. tbh i couldnt associate with someone who is xenephobic because its a sign of a fairly boring person. i go to leeson st and we have different nationalities there and its fun.

its baggage i can do without

ejmaztec · 09-04-2009 01:54AM

Feckin Xenophobes should feck off back to Xenophobia! We don't want their kind here...bastards.

Capt'n Midnight · 09-04-2009 02:09AM

Paradoxically I hate Zeno.

Tar.Aldarion · 09-04-2009 02:11AM

No, I hate more Irish people than foreign people

useful_contacts · 09-04-2009 02:39AM

Gazza22 wrote: »

Fcuk yeah...damn fordiners tkn ar jbs bud

Really? No

someone was watching south park tonight;)

Darragh29 · 09-04-2009 02:44AM

We had problems in this country long before we had a large immigrant population. Check out this link... I find it hard to believe that this is going on in Ireland and is being openly admitted to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXQ-OpypVmA

Are you xenophobe?

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