irish people criticizing irish americans

sandmanporto · 19-11-2011 12:07AM #1

I am pretty sick of this. I am American by birth, and I get pretty frustrated when Irish people tell irish americans they ARE AMERICAN NOT IRISH. I would admit to my scandinavian heritage before my irish! Peace all!

Dotrel · 19-11-2011 12:07AM

Peace Yank!

ItsAWindUp · 19-11-2011 12:07AM

Oh Danny boy...

Kiera · 19-11-2011 12:07AM

Bleedin plastic paddys!

The King of Moo · 19-11-2011 12:07AM

I thought Sandeman Porto was from Portugal.

earpiece · 19-11-2011 12:08AM

Huh?

PK2008 · 19-11-2011 12:08AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

I am pretty sick of this. I am American by birth, and I get pretty frustrated when Irish people tell irish americans they ARE AMERICAN NOT IRISH. I would admit to my scandinavian heritage before my irish! Peace all!

Look at your comment, now back to mine. Now back at your comment now back to mine. Sadly it isn't mine, but if you stopped trolling and started posting legitimate comments it could look like mine. Look down, back up, where are you? You're scrolling through comments, writing the comment your comment could look like. What did you post? Back at mine, it's a reply saying something you want to hear. Look again the reply is now diamonds. Anything is possible when you think before you post

harrythehat · 19-11-2011 12:08AM

I'm a bit confused by the point of this post?

MagicMarker · 19-11-2011 12:08AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

I am American by birth

So you're American.

megaten · 19-11-2011 12:08AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

I am pretty sick of this. I am American by birth, and I get pretty frustrated when Irish people tell irish americans they ARE AMERICAN NOT IRISH. I would admit to my scandinavian heritage before my irish! Peace all!

But they are American.

mackg · 19-11-2011 12:09AM

cool story bro

woodoo · 19-11-2011 12:09AM

I happy to hear Americans identify themselves with their Irish roots.

I can't understand people who would object to it.

Where To · 19-11-2011 12:10AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

I am pretty sick of this. I am American by birth, and I get pretty frustrated when Irish people tell irish americans they ARE AMERICAN NOT IRISH. I would admit to my scandinavian heritage before my irish! Peace all!

QED

Kiera · 19-11-2011 12:12AM

You werent born here, so you're not Irish. That's like me saying i'm from Tipp cause my Mam is.... Stupidness!

AnamGlas · 19-11-2011 12:12AM

You're not Irish, you're American.

Your ancestry might have been Irish, but you're not. Simples!

Wertz · 19-11-2011 12:14AM

feckin' vikings...shouldn't you be out pillaging and burning instead of bitching on the net?

sandmanporto · 19-11-2011 12:17AM

Kiera wrote: »

You werent born here, so you're not Irish. That's like me saying i'm from Tipp cause my Mam is.... Stupidness!

so what you are saying is that if a child born to nigerians in ireland or the united states is irish or american?

tonycascarino · 19-11-2011 12:19AM

woodoo wrote: »

I happy to hear Americans identify themselves with their Irish roots.

I can't understand people who would object to it.

Same here. Don't understand why fellow Irish people feel threatened by it

KerranJast · 19-11-2011 12:19AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

so what you are saying is that if a child born to nigerians in ireland or the united states is irish or american?

Ow my brain. If you're not an Irish citizen you're not Irish. Pretty simple.

Sofaspud · 19-11-2011 12:19AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

so what you are saying is that if a child born to nigerians in ireland or the united states is irish or american?

I think it's more a matter of where they're raised. If you were raised in Ireland I'd consider you Irish. My problem is with people who say they're Irish when they've never set foot in the country.

Lemmewinks · 19-11-2011 12:20AM

PK2008 wrote: »

Look at your comment, now back to mine. Now back at your comment now back to mine. Sadly it isn't mine, but if you stopped trolling and started posting legitimate comments it could look like mine. Look down, back up, where are you? You're scrolling through comments, writing the comment your comment could look like. What did you post? Back at mine, it's a reply saying something you want to hear. Look again the reply is now diamonds. Anything is possible when you think before you post

Nice try.
http://youtu.be/owGykVbfgUE

RMD · 19-11-2011 12:24AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

I am pretty sick of this. I am American by birth, and I get pretty frustrated when Irish people tell irish americans they ARE AMERICAN NOT IRISH. I would admit to my scandinavian heritage before my irish! Peace all!

I want you to go to the location where you store your passport. Now I want you to take it out and view it, what is it? It's an American passport. Is it an Irish passport? No, it's an American passport. You're an American with Irish ancestry, that is all.

I have no problem with Americans acknowledging their Irish heritage, but the Americans who insist they're Irish and pretend they know Irish culture or Ireland itself, well that gets pretty bloody irritating quickly.

sandmanporto · 19-11-2011 12:26AM

KerranJast wrote: »

Ow my brain. If you're not an Irish citizen you're not Irish. Pretty simple.

well how come ireland have a policy that if you can prove irish ancestry you are entitled to an irish passport? you have to elaborate on you're point

foxinsox · 19-11-2011 12:27AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

so what you are saying is that if a child born to nigerians in ireland or the united states is irish or american?

If you were born in Ireland you are Irish!

If you were born in USA you are American!

If you were born in Nigeria you are Nigerian!

If I was to go by the American/Irish theory then I'm most likely Irish/Scottish/English/Viking.. or to go back even further surely I'm Irish/African because I remember seeing something about where the "original" people came from and it seems that they tracked/walked up from what we now know as Africa, before the continents separated.

Diceicle · 19-11-2011 12:27AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

I am pretty sick of this.

Nobody cares, and you are American.

woodoo · 19-11-2011 12:28AM

Kiera wrote: »

You werent born here, so you're not Irish. That's like me saying i'm from Tipp cause my Mam is.... Stupidness!

Tipp doesn't have a culture and an identity like Ireland and Irish do. You don't grow up in Dublin with your Tipp roots and culture at the core.

DarkJager · 19-11-2011 12:28AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

KerranJast wrote: »

Ow my brain. If you're not an Irish citizen you're not Irish. Pretty simple.

well how come ireland have a policy that if you can prove irish ancestry you are entitled to an irish passport? you have to elaborate on you're point

Oh my god.....

For Forks Sake · 19-11-2011 12:33AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

I am pretty sick of this. I am American by birth, and I get pretty frustrated when Irish people tell irish americans they ARE AMERICAN NOT IRISH. I would admit to my scandinavian heritage before my irish! Peace all!

get you, Seamus Bjorn McDonalds.

woodoo · 19-11-2011 12:36AM

Sandmanporto you're in the wrong forum if you are looking for sensible debate BTW.

Lemmewinks · 19-11-2011 12:36AM

foxinsox wrote: »

If you were born in Ireland you are Irish!

If you were born in USA you are American!

If you were born in Nigeria you are Nigerian!

Solid theory there - no holes at all. Would stand up to any sample case or scrutiny.

If I was to go by the American/Irish theory then I'm most likely Irish/Scottish/English/Viking.. or to go back even further surely I'm Irish/African because I remember seeing something about where the "original" people came from and it seems that they tracked/walked up from what we now know as Africa, before the continents separated.

Man left Africa around 70,000 years ago.

Pangea existed around 250 million years ago.

You may have a slight discrepancy with the numbers there. 70,000 years ago, the continents were in almost the exact position they're in now. In fact, 13,000 years ago Ireland was covered in ice, so it was after that when man finally made it to northern Europe. But yeah; 250 million, or 13,000 years - all the same, eh?

Kiera · 19-11-2011 12:37AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

so what you are saying is that if a child born to nigerians in ireland or the united states is irish or american?

Erm? WUT?

woodoo wrote: »

Tipp doesn't have a culture and an identity like Ireland and Irish do. You don't grow up in Dublin with your Tipp roots and culture at the core.

*wush* that went over your head didnt it?

irish people criticizing irish americans

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