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Racist Abuse?

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    #62
    anewme
    Registered Users Posts: 11,875 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    It sounds like the holiday to hell. With a "neighbour" from hell. People sometimes say holiday from hell. A holiday from hell would be a nice break.

    Nope. Everyone else is lovely except him.

    He’s been rude to the staff in restaurants, snapping fingers etc, no please or thank you, so he might be just a bit rude in general.


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    #63
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Gatling wrote: »
    Not recently registered and offended at someone's who's not offended .
    It wasn't a joke.

    In a jokey context, most people can of course take a joke.

    Don't be one of those Irish people who feels obliged to be ok with prejudice against us.


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    #64
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,723 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    He's just an all round prick so.
    Everyone in the group probably sees what you see if he's doing that to staff etc.
    Ignore the fool.


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    #65
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,917 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    anewme wrote:
    But would you actually say that in Company to a person from Kerry that you never met before?


    If I had a kerry mate obviously I'd have to say it in front of him in banter. If he wasn't a mate I have good manners not to say it to him.

    It was an ignorant comment. I can't deny that


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    #66
    anewme
    Registered Users Posts: 11,875 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    If I had a kerry mate obviously I'd have to say it in front of him in banter. If he wasn't a mate I have good manners not to say it to him.

    It was an ignorant comment. I can't deny that

    I met this person for the first time this morning and these comments were passed this evening at dinner.


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    #67
    shutup
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭shutup


    anewme wrote: »
    I told him I wasn’t putting up with this **** and left the table.

    Well that showed him.
    You should have said shut your mouth you English ****.


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    #68
    Gatling
    Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Don't be one of those Irish people who feels obliged to

    be offended .



    Nah don't do offended life is for living
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    #69
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Gatling wrote: »
    be offended .



    Nah don't do offended life is for living
    Is simply not seeing something as a joke "offended"?

    The word gets misused.

    Of course there are things you find rude.


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    #70
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn II


    Gatling wrote: »
    be offended .



    Nah don't do offended life is for living

    It’s a bit odd not taking offence if people mean to offend you.


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    #71
    NickNickleby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭NickNickleby


    Tomorrow will be a new day.

    Unfortunately, you're more likely to be called a snowflake than be offered an apology.

    "Change the record!" or "its no funnier no matter how often you repeat it". or something equally devastating is your best bet. (that's as devastating as I can muster :eek:).

    Try to shift your focus to other members of the group. Only engage with the clown if he's being polite. Now, he might genuinely think its funny and not at all offensive. I've encountered this myself and just gave a pi$$ off response and turned my attention to other members of the group. Think they were mortified for the perpetrator. Of course, you need to be careful. If he's a skinhead, smile politely and agree with him!!


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    #72
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Gatling wrote: »
    Shocking stuff in 2019 !!!
    We're only avin a larf Paddy. At least you're not a Kraut


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    #73
    jaxxx
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    Racist? No, he's just an @rsehole.


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    #74
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    shutup wrote: »
    Well that showed him.
    You should have said shut your mouth you English ****.

    Or tell him "It was our lads did the tarmacadam in the tunnel in Paris"


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    #75
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,673 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Edgware wrote: »
    We're only avin a larf Paddy. At least you're not a Kraut

    Or a Scouser who would steal the wheels off your car.


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    #76
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,834 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Start tomorrow with nothing but English prejudice, keep it up all day and once he finally snaps, tell him that was but a portion of the 700 years... Am I doing this right?


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    #77
    Sleeper12
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    anewme wrote:
    I met this person for the first time this morning and these comments were passed this evening at dinner.

    As I said before ignorant comments. May or May not be racist but definitely ignorant.

    I wouldn't let it ruin my day or holiday though. You'll meet plenty of sound English people too


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    #78
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,231 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Its amazing what can start a whole chat these days.


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    #79
    anewme
    Registered Users Posts: 11,875 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    As I said before ignorant comments. May or May not be racist but definitely ignorant.

    I wouldn't let it ruin my day or holiday though. You'll meet plenty of sound English people too

    Yep the rest are sound so I don’t want to comment back with anti English comments as they don’t deserve it.


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    #80
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    Gatling wrote: »
    Generation snowflake .


    I remember serving pints in aUK pub wearing a balaclava given to me by a customer as a joke ,
    It used to make people actually laugh .
    Gatling wrote: »
    No it's funny as **** paddy Irish man in the British pub wearing his best balaclava

    I'm glad that your tomfoolery provided some diversion for your betters, Tom.


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    #81
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Well, considering both you and him are part of the human race, then no it's not racist.

    It sounds like a joke to me, and you would be expected to retort with a slagging of your own, it's called having a laugh.


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    #82
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,673 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Here is a joke about a group holiday.

    'A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "because," he said "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer." '


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    #83
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,284 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    When you stormed off they probably joked you had to leave early because you had to take the horse home because you didn't have a car!


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    #84
    JupiterKid
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    He sounds like an idiotic, ignorant asshole. Just try to ignore his attempts to wind you up.


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    #85
    parc
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭parc


    anewme wrote: »
    Nope. Everyone else is lovely except him.

    He’s been rude to the staff in restaurants, snapping fingers etc, no please or thank you, so he might be just a bit rude in general.

    Where's the holiday, just out of interest?


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    #86
    NickNickleby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭NickNickleby


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    When you stormed off they probably joked you had to leave early because you had to take the horse home because you didn't have a car!

    actually, if no one thought of it, anewme could use it first! That would disarm the twit.

    " I didn't pay three and a half grand to listen to this ****. I'm off to feed the donkey!" Then later pretend its a real obscure Irish euphemism.


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    #87
    Gatling
    Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    NickNickleby wrote: »

    " I didn't pay three and a half grand to listen to this ****. I'm off to

    Boards
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    #88
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    I don’t know about donkeys but I bet you were on a singles holiday because you were tired of feeding your pony.



    Wat wat, get it feed the pony.


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    #89
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    It’s a bit odd not taking offence if people mean to offend you.

    Really?

    Why would someone take offence if they place no value on the person attempting to give offence?

    I really fear for society if every attempt to offend succeeds because people feel they should be offended.

    Not to mention the utter idiots who spend their time being offended for others.

    Good luck with your ongoing search for offence.


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    #90
    [Deleted User]
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    “My people have a long, long history of murdering your people”, said deadpan while you lean back in your chair and stare blankly into the bottom of your glass, that should do the trick.

    To ignorant fools like him we’re either thick paddies or terrorists. Change the game.


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    #91
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    @OP - I too have sometimes come up against this type of thing with Englishmen (invariably English as opposed to the rest of Britain, and invariably men) - the sly dig that can just about be passed off as "banter", the wink and the smirk.

    I normally just stare at them for a long beat, and then give an (irritable): "I'm sorry - what?"

    This shows them that you don't find it funny, and aren't indulging them. Also, at this point, everyone else in the room is looking at them, and they are unlikely to want to repeat their remark a second time, now that they are the centre of attention. Also, shows that you are unwilling to lower yourself to their level (also tbh it's hard sometimes to think of the witty comeback on the spot, thought it's true that Brexit has made it a lot easier).


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