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a la izquierda

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47. This makes me mental.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 08:48 PM
Jul 2020

I’m not Mexican, yet I study Mexican history because I love and appreciate it.
Yet I’m accused of cultural appropriation.
Well done, ridiculous purists.

OMGAWD........SHE'S AWESOME.... a kennedy Jul 2020 #1
Having grown up in Irish Catholic Boston bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #39
Love ya....... a kennedy Jul 2020 #42
Home is where the heart is bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #44
This song came immediately to my mind also. soldierant Jul 2020 #125
Just rewatched the segment bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #133
K&R (nt) Alex4Martinez Jul 2020 #2
That brought a tear or two to my eyes. chowder66 Jul 2020 #3
Thanks for the happy tears! :-) Maru Kitteh Jul 2020 #4
She is so talented! FM123 Jul 2020 #5
Fantastic! Farmgirl1961 Jul 2020 #6
First off, ANYONE who can do that type of dancing should be celebrated! Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #7
There are a lot of trolls who go on social media trying to accuse others JI7 Jul 2020 #8
Sourpusses, killjoys, and spoilsports Warpy Jul 2020 #62
She's really good! ucrdem Jul 2020 #9
What... The Conductor Jul 2020 #10
Emerald dawg Jul 2020 #11
Phil Lynott - love that guy! nt. BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #88
I'll jump at any excuse to promote these guys. dawg Jul 2020 #120
Don't forget the The Black Pearl Of Inchicore, Ireland's Greatest Footballer ! OnDoutside Jul 2020 #131
This speaks to both of my cultures! Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #12
its like basketball. she is great. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #13
Despite my Irish ancestry, I'm not a huge fan of this type of Irish dancing, generalbetrayus Jul 2020 #14
WHAT??? Ya don't like this type of Irish dancing?? a kennedy Jul 2020 #23
Hey I do not care about any dancing myself. cstanleytech Jul 2020 #124
Enough interest in dance to comment on a thread regarding dance. LanternWaste Jul 2020 #126
agreed Skittles Jul 2020 #32
Stephen Wright.......... MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #51
... Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #60
I've come to prefer the 'Ottawa Valley' style for the same reason catchnrelease Jul 2020 #93
The ghost of Michael Flatley with visit you! Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2020 #34
Great dancing! MaryMagdaline Jul 2020 #15
In the early 80s, I was in a clogging... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #16
Did your house have a clogging problem? Wednesdays Jul 2020 #72
No, but I absolutely love... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #84
"Cultural appropriation"? panader0 Jul 2020 #17
SHe said people confuse appreciation with appropriation, and her def was great: Amaryllis Jul 2020 #20
A lot of people are adamant that anime cosplay must be performed Wednesdays Jul 2020 #75
This makes me mental. a la izquierda Jul 2020 #47
I'm not Hispanic either, but my DU name is from my Mexican bricklayer buddies. panader0 Jul 2020 #50
Feeling sad about that? MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #52
I'll have to play secretly, in the dark of the night, panader0 Jul 2020 #54
If taken to extremes, without wnylib Jul 2020 #53
Tomatoes, like potatoes Collimator Jul 2020 #92
Yes, tomatoes originated in the Americas, wnylib Jul 2020 #99
Depends on who calls the shots. But its all bullshit. oldsoftie Jul 2020 #78
This cultural approp thing is going a bit too far onetexan Jul 2020 #87
Hey! I'm of Cajun Heritage. I'm offended. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #94
hey there Cajun! :) I gew up in New Orleans for a time during my early teen years & love the culture onetexan Jul 2020 #109
Old style Dance in the South is clogging. scarletlib Jul 2020 #18
Exactly shanti Jul 2020 #73
Magnificent lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #19
Oh come on has no one heard of the whistler162 Jul 2020 #21
Ya beat me to it!!! dixiegrrrrl Jul 2020 #22
Actually, he visited Moneygall as President and they have gas station OnDoutside Jul 2020 #46
How cool. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2020 #90
There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama. Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #66
My favorite t-shirt of the Obama era was from a place in Ireland that said "O'Bama". a kennedy Jul 2020 #27
President Obama actually did have Irish ancestors Tanuki Jul 2020 #37
Black Irish has nothing to do with skin color Sympthsical Jul 2020 #55
I thought it was from the indigenous peoples cally Jul 2020 #65
It has to do with how the invaders identified Sympthsical Jul 2020 #69
Thank you for providing the historical meaning. SharonClark Jul 2020 #112
Anyone as good as she is DFW Jul 2020 #24
Very well done! warmfeet Jul 2020 #25
A made up term Jimvanhise Jul 2020 #26
Hey, Jimvanhise, welcome....... a kennedy Jul 2020 #29
CORRECT! Skittles Jul 2020 #31
Yes. Blue_true Jul 2020 #40
Taking too far. Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #28
it's not people on the left. It's some unknown posters on social media JI7 Jul 2020 #30
Really? Nobody on the left has abused the term "cultural appropiation?" hmmm nt Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #33
some unknowns on the internet that the lazy media decides to highlight JI7 Jul 2020 #43
It is definitely on the Left Sympthsical Jul 2020 #59
While we're on the subject of Cultural Appropriation, could we PLEASE stamp out "Virtue Signaling??" NBachers Jul 2020 #71
isn't complaints about cultural appropriation an example of virtue signaling ? JI7 Jul 2020 #74
Virtue signaling complaints about cultural appropriation being virtue signaling is virtue signaling. NBachers Jul 2020 #76
I look at each case. cultural appropriation was first used to show JI7 Jul 2020 #79
Which in fact, illustrates the absurdity of both concepts. LanternWaste Jul 2020 #127
virtue signalling is not necessarily a thing only germane to the 'left' (and RW weaponised) Celerity Jul 2020 #100
I encounter right-wing virtue signaling all the time misanthrope Jul 2020 #103
I've only heard that term (VS) from a RW'r. electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #135
It doesn't take BGBD Jul 2020 #77
Who was she apologizing to ? And did she have the cornrows because she actually liked the style JI7 Jul 2020 #89
went and looked it up BGBD Jul 2020 #97
that doesn't really seem like a big deal. Sometimes it's just a white person realizing history JI7 Jul 2020 #107
I wonder if anyone remembers the 1979 movie "10" -- Bo Derek had cornrows. betsuni Jul 2020 #102
That caused a stir BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #108
And this is an example of what Cultural Appropriation was about JI7 Jul 2020 #137
Yes, One name obnoxiousdrunk Jul 2020 #81
Well said. As I posted elsewhere, Morgan has been fantastically well received in Ireland, people OnDoutside Jul 2020 #130
That was great matt819 Jul 2020 #35
Very thoughtful young woman. Blue_true Jul 2020 #36
I'm Irish. I love that cultural appropriation. Squinch Jul 2020 #38
Cultural appropriation? mountain grammy Jul 2020 #41
Right I guess she appropriated the English language too grantcart Jul 2020 #61
An inconvenient anthropological fact misanthrope Jul 2020 #45
+1. yonder Jul 2020 #63
However ismnotwasm Jul 2020 #83
Bravissimo! Disaffected Jul 2020 #48
That just made my day. notKeith Jul 2020 #49
Brilliant! I Love This! I saw Irish Dancing in The Maritime Islands, Canada Cha Jul 2020 #56
I texted about this my daughter who lives in Richmond. panader0 Jul 2020 #57
Huge K and R Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #58
They'd flip over Rhiannon Gideon's singing Gaelic... Lars39 Jul 2020 #64
That was interesting Mosby Jul 2020 #116
She's so talented. Lars39 Jul 2020 #117
She has a beautiful voice. Mosby Jul 2020 #118
How dare trolls decide for another culture who can and can't be included. rwsanders Jul 2020 #67
Makes me proud orangecrush Jul 2020 #68
Cool! mdbl Jul 2020 #70
She's amazing! StarryNite Jul 2020 #80
I seem to remember a show of Riverdance in China and there was a little girl in the audience demigoddess Jul 2020 #82
The idea of Culture appropriation is total bullshit. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #85
Cultural Appropriation is a bullshit stick Wolf Frankula Jul 2020 #91
Looks similar to American tap dancing. betsuni Jul 2020 #86
The Nicholas Brothers definitely area51 Jul 2020 #98
I love that they had no formal training. betsuni Jul 2020 #105
Reminds me of the white girl who wore a qipao to prom cabot Jul 2020 #95
Great story peggysue2 Jul 2020 #96
Cultural "appropriation" is stupid no matter what side it comes from 👎 Raine Jul 2020 #101
What a beautiful young lady! essme Jul 2020 #104
Does ANYONE know how STUPID this is to accuse her of cultural appropriation when, well JAZZ, ROCK, The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2020 #106
Jazz is a perfect explanation of how problematic these things can be misanthrope Jul 2020 #129
IF you come from a Black family who has been here in the NEW WORLD for at least 100 years... The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2020 #134
I'm thoroughly familiar with "call and response" misanthrope Jul 2020 #136
Awesome! volstork Jul 2020 #110
What a wonderful story, and a WONDERFUL woman Tom Rinaldo Jul 2020 #111
That's not Irish Dancing. SharonClark Jul 2020 #113
Cool! chwaliszewski Jul 2020 #114
Just WOW! TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #115
Do the DNA. Bet ya find some Irish. The Jungle 1 Jul 2020 #119
Awesome!! 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2020 #121
This made my morning pandr32 Jul 2020 #122
My personal opinion over supposed "cultural appropriation" by anyone for any reason cstanleytech Jul 2020 #123
Morgan was HUGELY well received in Ireland. I suspect anyone making aspersions to the contrary is OnDoutside Jul 2020 #128
"Cultural appropriation" is so damn stupid. Goodheart Jul 2020 #132
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