Final-Fan said:
cfin2987@gmail.com said:
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Now now I am back living in Ireland, surrounded by Americans. The nice kind who couldn't put up with the same xenophobic shit at home that was the reason I left. If you can't live happily in the USA as an Irish person, then i don't know who would like it there. I'm sure some states are ok, but I tried numerous in the Midwest and it stunk of stupid, racists, bigot. The list above could go on and on. Wasted years!
And the media? The only time Ireland is on the news there is when something bad happens. They openly make racist remarks about Irish people. They claim we steal their jobs because we have European head quarters here for there companies. Where else would it be, the fools? it's the EUROPEAN headquarters. And the job stealing? We are all skilled IT and business people. We take those euro market USA company jobs and we do a great job. Then we send back the jobs from our companies that we don't want. Because we get free college and America doesn't have the IT people to fill those jobs. Well we don't have farmers and manufacturers to fill our Kerry group or CRH jobs. So we send those to the USA. The USA makes deals with those companies and that's ok. But when my little country does the same? Shaaaaaaaaaame. Propaganda bs.
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I see. Standard anti-immigrant bigotry, seasoned with just enough knowledge to make them comfortable displaying their shocking ignorance. I'm sorry for that.
But it often seems like the only time ANYTHING is in the news is when something bad happens. I do remember hearing media talk about jobs getting outsourced to Ireland, but I always thought they took a "better Ireland than India" angle; I guess not. The only thing that Ireland is really "stealing" is the companies themselves in those dumb corporate inversions, and that's something to blame on the corporations.
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That side all comesdown to the taxation. (See Apple ruling by the EU last week)
It really does end up becoming Global Corporations vs the people regardless of where you are. Do US Multi Nationals owe the US anything? etc.
I will back cfin up regarding Irish people.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=no+dogs+no+irish&rlz=1C1ASUC_enGB649GB649&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=979&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6o7qM3_POAhVrJsAKHSd7DssQ_AUIBygC
Will show you the horrific prejudice they and black people used to face in the UK. I have an American wife, but we live in England. Having spoken with some of her "Liberal" friends, it really is incredible just how much the US situation is projected onto the rest of the world.
There are plenty of oppressed white ethnicities. Sadly the situation in the US completely silences them.
One thing though cfin, Ireland is part of the British Isles, so you are British in that respect. :p
