I wish I had a joke about drinking problems...
On stupid_free,

gridlore posts link to an account of an occasion where he, quote, "met rudeness with snark". Specifically, some black girl didn't want to sit next to anyone, tried to make him give up his seat-with an empty one next to him-and he made fun of her in a very House-like way. Everyone hastens to call BS. Incidentally, all little old ladies speak English, and GridLore doesn't get to complain because

thexphial's Jewish ancestors were lynched.

Please, no Irishbashing.
EDIT: Personally, I would've just gone "Yes." and kept on eating my Vanilla Frosty. Now at Wendy's!

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shaysdays
2007-04-12 12:48 am UTC (link)

It's very true- in some places (not all) there was considerable anti-Irish sentiment. The same as with Italians in some places, Mexicans, Russians, Jews, Chinese, etc etc...

Any new and different/prominent immigrant group has a backlash at one time. I'm just pointing out that a couple signs saying "Paddy Go Home" and blockbreaking are hardly on a par with slavery, anyone seriously saying, "I'm as oppressed as a black person" (Or the converse, any black person is as free from troubles as I am) is as silly as any other comparative victimhood, but makes the speaker out to be a totally hyperbolic asshat.

*stomp stomp stomp*

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sisterelwood
2007-04-12 01:41 am UTC (link)

*nods* New motto for America... one we should have adopted a loooong time ago-

Welcome to America- we've oppressed everyone at some point or another. Some of you got it worse than others. Don't go trying to compare your group's strife with that of anyone else. Only wank can come of it because you look like an asshat.

There are just some people I want to tell to get out of my ancestry group.

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queencallipygos
2007-04-12 02:10 pm UTC (link)

See, all I can think of is that line from The Commitments:

"See, the Irish are the blacks of Europe. Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And us northsiders are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud, we're black and we're proud!"

(For those unfamiliar: this statement is being uttered by a Dubliner, attempting to explain to his friends why it makes sense for a bunch of Dubliners to form a band to play soul music.)

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	fuzzybluelogic 2007-04-12 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	I so loved that movie...and had the soundtrack. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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