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Reinforcing Irish Stereotypes

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  • #32
    guest2014
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭guest2014


    QuantumP wrote: »
    Ah you know what I meant man. Clearly I wasn't implying that every Irish emigrant is an alco scumbag (I've lived abroad myself). I'm just concerned that a large number of our emigrants reinforce negative stereotypes and that maybe the stereotypes are more true than we like to think. I've never felt less proud of being Irish than I did on Friday. I know the Aussies don't look at us too fondly either.

    Here we go again, our inferiority complex strikes again, 99% of Irish people are hard working, honest and friendly people, you should know that as you are Irish, if we don't know that ourselves then no wonder other nationalities sometimes think the worst of us. also I doubt most Australians have anything against us and the ones that do are probably uneducated morons that hate all other nationalities. I am proud to be Irish, you should be to.


  • #33
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    QuantumP wrote: »
    On Friday I was on a train from Chester to Manchester and an Irish fella got on, he must have been in his mid 40's. He was rocking a scar on his face, a baseball cap, an addidas tracksuit top, the works. He looked like an older version of Nidge. When he was putting his bag down, in his Dublin twang he said to the people beside him "careful that doesn't drip on ye, there's some cu*ts head in there" and started laughing.

    He tried to talk to everyone near him but just ended up talking at them, in between his phonecalls where he reminded "Skyeyes" to remember to "bring the apple in the morning" and a less cryptic instruction to "burn on that f*cking car". I have never seen a bigger scumbag in my life and cringed at every word that came out of his mouth. When he left the carriage the locals laughed and sighed with relief and made jokes about him being a "typical Irish son".

    My brother popped his head up to defend us and said "we're not all like that" but the damage was done. I used to think the Irish stereotype was unfair but now I'm not so sure.Anyone else ever experience anything similar? Are we really that bad?

    I think you've got this guy all wrong.

    He is probably head of HR for some multi-national and was just kicking back some of the pressure at the weekend. Hey why shouldn't he relax how he wants.:D


  • #34
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    Buona Fortuna wrote: »
    I think you've got this guy all wrong.

    He is probably head of HR for some multi-national and was just kicking back some of the pressure at the weekend. Hey why shouldn't he relax how he wants.:D

    Either that, or he was a Swansea supporter.


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