Hey America, it's Ireland...

[ZombieHorde]

[morningglory]

1. Don't worry, Ireland.

We will not have him. Most of us know he is making a fool of himself every time he opens his mouth. We are feeling the Bern over here. Thank you for being you...

[Bad Dog]

2. I think they're more concerned with the Americans over there.

[whathehell]

3. Too bad, there, Sean...The next time your economy tanks, your 20 somethings will be

flocking here, begging for Green cards....It's been happening for decades, now.



P.S. I'm Irish-Amercan and am tired of the nasty, spoiled, anti-American Irish this old toad represents....Let's just say they
have VERY short memories.

[Bad Dog]

6. Oh dear.

Someone expects a bit more deference.

[dorkzilla]

7. No kidding!

Nasty stuff.

[Bad Dog]

9. He seemed to strike a chord with the newsreaders.

St. Patrick's Day in Ireland is supposed to be Irish isn't it?

[dorkzilla]

10. Yes indeed

I don't blame them though - all the parades there have American pipe and marching bands in them, and most Americans think being Irish is about being drunk, especially the "Irish Americans" that are several generations away from their roots. So they get drunk and loud and make fools of themselves. It's embarrassing. Especially the LOUD part. Jesus Christ on a cracker it's embarrassing.

[Bad Dog]

11. Sometimes Canadians get caught up in it.

[dorkzilla]

12. Content blocked in my country on copyright grounds

[Bad Dog]

13. It's a scene from In Brugges

Which is a brilliant black comedy well worth watching in any event.

[dorkzilla]

14. I saw it! It was great!

Well except for the midget scene. I hate violence, and that one made me run from the living room screaming. I was upset that I didn't see it in the theater, but after I saw it on demand I realized I had saved myself from public humiliation. I'm such a baby.

[whathehell]

25. Belgium could use a laugh right now..

Especially the geniuses in their security department. I really liked the refusal to raid targets after 9PM...No overtime, I

guess.

[Bad Dog]

26. Belgium does not function well. It hasn't for a long time.

And not just on matters of security.

[whathehell]

37. I know..

but allowing people's lives to be in terrible danger is a tad worse than the trains not running on time, if you get my gist.

[Bad Dog]

50. Does it ever get lonely up there?

It is a very high horse after all.

[whathehell]

51. No

Whatever keeps me from unthinking knee jerkers feels good.

[Bad Dog]

54. That sounds like something that could get you banged up on an indecency charge.

[whathehell]

55. It hasn't happened so far..

but I'll keep it in mind.

[whathehell]

22. Of course you don't..

Knee-jerk, self-hating Americans are legion on the Left...Being well-traveled and in the position to make realistic

comparisons, I've been able to avoid that sad place.

I'm waiting, though, how DO you know what 'most" Irish Americans think? In addition, have you ever experienced

the flat out IGNORANCE of many Europeans about America, including the Irish?

I have, but I happened to go to school in Ireland and have traveled all over Europe..

Maybe you should get out more.

[dorkzilla]

24. First off, I get out plenty

In fact, I was in Ireland 2 weeks ago. England as well. I too have traveled all over Europe.

I spent EVERY SUMMER of my youth into my young adulthood in Ireland and have gone back AT LEAST every other year since. I'm plenty Irish, trust me.

I betcha I know more about them than you do because they wouldn't dare share their real thoughts with someone who so obviously has a chip on their shoulder about being Amurican YEAH!!!

Their ignorance about us is vastly inferior to American's ignorance about EVERYTHING.

Have a nice day, kind person!!!!

God I LOVE the "ignore" button!!!!

[whathehell]

29. As per usual, you make a lot of assertions you can't back up,

any more than you can respond to mine, lol.

Let's see if you can do better with the "chip on your shoulder about being American", shall we?

Really..Try calming down and using those things called "critical thinking skills".

1. Since when does disliking insults mean you've got a ''chip" your shoulder?....Does the sign of NOT having

one mean showing such little self-respect that you lap them up?...Does being a good Progressive mean we can never talk

back to anti-Americanism, however nasty and unfounded the statements?

If anyone has a 'chip on their shoulder' about Americans it is they, not us, and, like many others, it's only

your sad sense of inferiority AS an American that keeps you from seeing it. That combined with that typical

myopic love of all things 'Orish", lol.

[whathehell]

17. Trust me, they love the tourist dollars those annoying, Ireland-loving Americans bring in

When they stop trolling for that, I'll take them seriously.

[Bad Dog]

27. How would you feel if next July 4th.

You couldn't move in your pubs and restaurants for all the Chinese tourists waving the stars and stripes and all claiming to be as, if not more, American than you?

I think that's the point the old boy was trying to make.

Incidentally he wasn't given a name, but you decided to allocate him one. That's a very superior attitude to take, do you call all Hispanics Pedro?

[whathehell]

39. How would I feel?

I'd blame the authorities, touristic or otherwise, in my OWN country for their lack of planning --- Not the people

who are boosting my fragile economy by visiting and spending money because they LIKE my country.


Interesting that you'd criticize my supposedly 'superior' attitude, while remaining silent about

someone who dislikes people BECAUSE they love his country -- How 'superior', not to mention pouty

and 'privileged', is that?

[Bad Dog]

47. Sure you would.

And if a local news crew stuck a microphone in your face you wouldn't sound off.

Which is all he did, which is fair enough since he's supposed to live in a free country. I don't think it's the loving of his country he's complaining about so much as hijacking of his St. Patrick's Day.

[whathehell]

53. Is that all you've got?

I thought my last response might be too substantive for you...Next you'll be resurrecting old insults about high horses.

[whathehell]

20. Oh Dear...Someone thinks people complaining their visitors 'love' their country is an idiot.

A courteous, if not, (God forbid) appreciative response to such is hardly 'deference'.

Then again, you may think a dislike of insults is a feature of "privilege".

[dorkzilla]

8. Attitudes like YOURS are one of the reasons this man is "anti-American"

You sound just like the Americans that make me cringe with "IF IT WEREN'T FOR US YOU'D BE SPEAKING GERMAN" shit I hear being bandied about when I am in Europe.

They don't owe us any thing and they're not "begging" for green cards - they have options, trust me.

Nasty and spoiled???? Look in the mirror my friend.

[whathehell]

16. Oh right..Knee jerk much? Attitudes like mine are a reaction to stupid bigotry...

If his biggest problem with Americans, as he expresses it here, is that the Americans "love Ireland", he's

an idiotic ingrate or VERY hard up for complaints.

They don't 'owe us anything"?...Really?...It's clear you know little to nothing about Irish history, so before I

take on the exhausting task of educating you, I'll start with the small stuff and say they at least 'owe' us common courtesy,

especially since they've always got their hands out for the tourist dollar...They're not so 'fussy' when they're leaning on us for money,

and not ONLY tourist money, and if you don't believe me, you may check with native Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, who delivered

a scathing indictment of the native Irish treatment of Irish Americans in anticipation of Ireland's "Gathering" recently.

Do you even know what that was??

Whatever their 'options', on immigration, ours seems to appeal to them greatly -- They are loaded with American relatives.

I don't know what your experience in Ireland is, dear, but it seems quite slim, so I'd suggest you control that jerking knee

and speak on matters you might actually know something about.

P.S. Love the "If it weren't for us, you'd be speaking German" bit, but there's some things you need to know: 1. Ireland was neutral in WWII, so it wouldn't apply. 2. In Europe a few years ago, this very subject came up, and I will always recall the response to it by an older Englishman...He had no problem with it...In fact, his honest response to me was "They are absolutely right". .

[dorkzilla]

18. I know PLENTY about Irish history

Spare me your "education".

[whathehell]

23. Really?....I studied it at Trinity College...How 'bout you?

Ever gotten beyond books and traveled to Ireland?

Nah...I didn't think so. :

[cwydro]

28. The poster simply pointed out that your attitude was not so nice.

I've been to Ireland many, many times. Some of my family lives there.

The rest of my family lives in England and Wales.

That post you made upthread was just ugly. "Begging for green cards." Sheesh.

My Irish friends and relatives are perfectly happy in Ireland, and they also hold no hard feelings toward Americans.

[whathehell]

31. I was responding to a video that "was not so nice", in addition

to many OTHER ignorant, 'not so nice' things I've heard from the Irish about Americans,

and I don't mean the politics, I mean the people themselves.


If my post was 'ugly' it's in response to the equally ugly things I've heard and experienced from the Irish about Americans.

Glad to hear your Irish friends and relatives "hold no hard feelings toward Americans", but I'd have to ask, "why would they"?

After a centuries worth of financial and political help received from America, I'd say it's the minimum one might expect..

[cwydro]

35. Wow, you get jilted by an Irish lover or something?

Funny how you've heard so many "not so nice" things from the Irish. I have NEVER encountered that. They don't even hold it against me that my blood is English, though we do joke about that.

You ever think it's because of your own attitude?

That old story about the two couples who stopped along their way to a town and asked a man along the way, "What are the people like there?" The man answers, "Well what are the people like where you came from?" The couple answers that the people were mean and hateful where they came from. The person says, "Well, you'll find them the same where you're going."

The second couple asks the same question, and responds that the people where they came from were wonderful, nice and helpful. The man answers, "You'll find them the same where you're going."

Take a look in the mirror pal.

[whathehell]

36. Ha, you wish

No, dear, and it's not "funny' at all, and, no, my attitude wasn't negative at all -- at least at the beginning of my Irish experiences.

How nice for you that you've NEVER encountered anything negative from the Irish...That tells me your

experiences have either been few and/or superficial.

It's okay..I'm well aware of the foolish -- not to mention thankless -- over the top 'love" Irish Americans have for

a country that routinely demeans them -- except, of course, when needing that green card or tourist buck.

As for that mirror, "pal", I'd suggest YOU have a look in it. Good bye now.

[cwydro]

38. No, neither superficial or few.

I've lived there, dated an Irish woman, and some of my family lives there. I'll be there again as soon as I can.

I think YOU don't know the Irish, bud. You sound like a very unpleasant person.

Must have been a rough row to hoe when you were "studying at Trinity" with that attitude you have toward the Irish. Trinity is gorgeous. How sad you've come away with that feeling. I truly have never encountered a person with an attitude like yours toward another nationality. Very sad.

Smh. I kind of feel sorry for you.

[whathehell]

40. Sure..

You imagine my attitude stems from having a 'jilted Irish lover", but don't imagine that YOUR attitude might be

affected in the opposite way by YOUR romantic and family ties, lol.

No, dear, had no hard time at Trinity, and my 'attitude" toward the Irish is in DIRECT response to THEIR attitudes, not so much

to me, personally, btw, but toward Americans in general.

Cwydro, you can find me as "unpleasant' as you want -- You don't know me at all, lol...and you'd be surprised at how

off the mark you are, if you could get beyond your OWN biases and did get to know me.

But that's okay..Oh, and please don't "feel sorry" for me, either. Most who actually know me, consider me one of the most positive

people they know...I simply tell it like I see it.

[cwydro]

42. Well, we'll leave it at this.

I'm very sorry that you don't like the Irish.

I do hope that you know it's called "prejudice" when you prejudge an entire group based on an unpleasant experience with a few.

I cannot imagine having a dislike for an entire people.

But of course you do know that the Irish would not give a fig for how you feel. They're a tough group. On the phone with my ex, who said, and I quote, "Fook him, the gobshite." She was laughing as she said that.

You must have had very bad experiences there. I've traveled a lot. I have no prejudice about any nationality I've only met wonderful people wherever I've gone.

Sad for you. Probably best for you to stay here in America with your own kind.

[whathehell]

45. Before leaving it at anything, I'd suggest you first get it straight

because you haven't.

A. I don't "dislike the Irish" -- As stated in my first post, I dislike the type of Irish who express rude, gratuitous anti-American insults. I really can't

imagine how you, or anyone can find fault with that.


Yes, I'm well aware they don't care -- which makes me wonder why YOU seem to care so much...

Please tell your ex she's needs to get her 'fookin' pronouns right, because she's got my gender wrong.....I'm laughing as I write this.

I would urge you against "counseling" me on where to go and what to do with my life, darlin'...You sound quite young and Pollyanna-ish,

"I've only met wonderful people wherever I've gone".....Really?...Gee whiz, Mr. Rogers, is the path paved with star dust too?

Keep traveling, honey, I can assure you a wider array of experiences along the way.

[cwydro]

49. I've been traveling since my first voyage at 6 weeks old on the Queen Mary.

You sound like a youngster. Good luck with that attitude in life.

I feel bad for you.

Obviously, you've been terribly hurt by an Irish person.

Don't hold it against the entire populace, dude (or dudette, lol)

[whathehell]

52. How nice for you..

I've just returned from two weeks in Warsaw and Zurich..

Your repeated attempts to de-legitimize my perceptions as due to being "hurt" from some big, bad Irishman are funny. In truth, dear,

you're the one who seems hurt by my comments.

Buh bye, now.

[cwydro]

19. Hmmm.

It appears the "ugly American" is still alive and well.

[whathehell]

21. Hmmm..

it appears that the knee-jerk self-hating one is too.

Who knew that responding to a petty, baseless insults (Yes, Virginia, people claiming

to 'love' your country are generally appreciated, not insulted) would make one 'ugly".

[LanternWaste]

30. Your rationalizations sounds almost believable.

Your rationalizations sounds almost believable.

[whathehell]

32. Really?...That's unfortunate, because your bullshit doesn't

[whathehell]

33. No, Dork, he dislikes Americans who "love" Ireland..He'd like me as I do NOT.

Get it?

[anamnua]

44. The young lady is far more representative

of Ireland than this old geezer. All he proves is that Donald Trump types are not confined to America. It is rather unfortunate that the thread has been derailed by this old dude. The young lady's comments are far more worthy of reflection and discussion. Most of us Irish are in fact quite Americanophile like this woman.
-- from Irish-based Irish person.

[whathehell]

46. Thank you.

Really...It gives me hope.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

4. Irish People's Reactions To Donald Trump

[whathehell]

5. He's our Berlusconi...

Unlike Italy, though, he won't get into our highest office.

[ZombieHorde]

43. That's a great. :) nt

[Maeve]

48. That's a good one! Thanks for the laugh!

[Takket]

15. if only we could get this on national TV. that would for sure be the end of Trump!

[snooper2]

34. This land is your land, this land is my land, this land is IR-Land! LOL

[Yavin4]

41. I think that I'm in love

When is the next flight to Ireland?