The Irish treated each other like shit, backstabbing and betraying each other, its a big part of how the English beat them.
Rather than own up to it they blame the jews for them causing it to happen.
He’s a fckn lunatic. Anyone doing the ‘blame the Jews’ bit is showing you they aren’t playing with a full deck. More broadly, anyone generalising based on ethnicity or religion is a dangerous dope.
The Irish have really been showing their whole asses these last few years. One chap got arrested in France for saying, on video, that he’s gonna shoot a Jewish couple in the head.
indentured servitude = bad
indentured servitude ≠ chattel-slaveri
Both of these can be true at the same time.
Also the Jews as a group do not play in to this
So your ancestors were allegedly sold by Jews, and now you’re boycotting chopped liver? Congratulations, you’ve finally found a way to make antisemitism even more embarrassing: you’re punishing yourself at the deli.
My NZ based mother in law posts memes about this on FB.
Her 'point' sees to be that she, a wealthy descendent of irish colonists, doesn't complain so Maori shouldn't complain about what happened to them.
I mean, we get horny from time to time, but thats about the only thing thats comprable (yes, I know Vikings didnt have horned helmets, achtually people)
I am aware of those sources. Lots of crap gets promulgated to whitewash ™️slavery so white people don't have to care about enduring inequality. Then they also don't have to disavow antisemitism because they "proved" Jews were horrid. Tidy package of lies to uphold the hate.
The great crime against Ireland of the 19th century doesn't fit the modern conservative native. Namely, that the Great Famine was caused by laissez-faire economic policy. This was realized at the time.
Some British officials absolutely reveled in the starvation of a million Irish as a "good":
Irish famine had terrible consequences.
This study demonstrated that the effects of starvation on the individual are wide-ranging. Starvation impacts us physiologically, psychologically, cognitively and socially.
Have your ancestors experienced and passed down defective DNA ?
There are two possibilities. Either he has never in his life set foot in Ireland, or he did once and an Irishman who despised him took part in their national tradition of spinning a bullshit yarn for the gullible yank.
I speak for my Irish immigrant ancestors of the 19th century when I say “Jesus, Mary and Joseph what the fock man?!” (And yes I understand the evils and abuses of indentured servitude)
Antisemitism is a real thing in Ireland. Just 2500 Jewish people in the whole country and a long history of antisemitic behavior. From Irish literature to Ireland’s actions during World War 2 through today. The free Palestine crowd has cooked their brains.
Ben Briscoe in 1988. He was the son of Robert Briscoe who was Dublin’s first Jewish Lord Mayor. The Irish, for the most part, are very pragmatic but they are not immune to bigotry. Theirs has just taken the form of antisemitism.
I’m sure the Irish people have other prejudices. This one is rotten.
Slavery directly affected my ancestors. I studied its history in my spare time at Oxford. The Irish maintained identity under both British and colonial law which kept them from being property. They may have been indentured. His antisemitism, however is as clear as his lack of knowledge of history
That fake story (the "Irish slaves") has been around awhile. First time I've heard the "Jewish slavers" angle on the lie, though. Ugh.
As a strongly Jewish-adjacent Irish-American, I'm deeply ashamed on this momzer's behalf.