Will we ever escape the drunken Irish stereotype?
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Is It Just Massive Inferiority Complex?
I wouldn't agree that we are okay with it. I think certainly whenever these things come up on Twitter, it's sort of 90% people saying, what the heck is going on? We're 10% saying, ah, sure you can't take a joke. The situation is slightly different in the United States. Americans and also Irish Americans are that bit further distant physically from the culture, the nation. That is not apparent than the extent to which this is at least mildly offensive to people in Ireland. But certainly for keeping in mind the reason why a large number of these ancestors came to the United States, it is, shall we say, at least it's not a terrific, good
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