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    1. justformedellin on

      On holidays in the US currently. The Yanks are sound. Why do you put so much energy into burning bridges and spreading acrimony?

    2. galcomanwolf01 on

      Usually the yanks who come over are trying to escape from the ones in the first picture

    3. harmlessdonkey on

      I always found this attitude odd. We fail to understand that the US is a country of immigrants and part of that involves an attachement to their roots. When they say they’re Irish they don’t mean it literally but in a ethnic sense. I find our patronising response to this a bit misplaced.

    5. MusesWithWine on

      I thought two wrongs didn’t make a right but found out two negatives make a positive

    6. Huge_Struggle9672 on

      I don’t hate Americans looking for their heritage and I never met anyone with 2 brain cells that did either .

    7. Poppycockpower on

      Irish Americans tend to be leftist ime so they should fit in very well. We tried to keep them out in the USA but alas, it didn’t work. Believe me, we don’t want them any more than you do

    8. whomstd-ve on

      I find our attitude to any american who tries to connect to their irish heritage a lot more insufferable than their enthusiasm. We are very aware of our traumatic history of emigration but then scoff at anyone who tries to reconnect.

    9. Away-Parsnip-3785 on

      I’ve always wondered why Ireland has such contempt for the diaspora compared to other countries

    10. YellowAmberLeaf on

      Why shouldnt they reconnect with their heritage ? Always weird seeing Redditors get upset at this, is it just bots trying to burn bridges?

    11. r_person on

      Yeah because it’s totally the same people saying these things… and I don’t think many sound minded people hate Americans who are enthusiastic about finding some ancestry or whatever, maybe a little annoying to some in how it’s portrayed by some but if this is where you choose to direct your hate then it sounds like a you problem..

      Some of the nicest salt of the earth people I know are American. It’s a big country and believe it or not there are many different people of different cultural backgrounds with many different opinions and views on life and the world.

      What’s embarrassing here is you went to the effort of making this into a “meme”

    13. OpenTheBorders on

      I liked pretty much all the Irish-Americans I’ve met and I disliked pretty much all the pathetic losers who are obsessed with America so much that leads them to this weird resentment and hatred of Irish-Americans.
      This is one of the worst aspects of /r/Ireland and terminally online Irish people.

    14. __Blasphemous__ on

      Tbh every country out there is trying to protect their culture atm, Mexican, American, Irish, English, Swedish, African, Spanish, Italian, Japan, China, etc against mass immigration… Its a bit wild tbh.

    15. green_marshmallow on

      I enjoy lurking on here, I still have family in Ireland. But far too many people I am in direct contact with have no appreciation for the history of their so-called heritage.

      I’ve heard people say how much they love Guinness, then almost immediately talk about how Margaret Thatcher is a good person. I’m currently living through a wholesale cristofascist takeover, with the opposition all but rooting for it.

       Ireland legalised gay marriage, and there are still St. Patrick’s day parades that won’t fly a rainbow flag, citing “heritage.” So while we may have some common denominators, the people who wear it on their sleeve deserve every bit of hate you care to give.

      Edit: the Theresa May dance lives rent free in my head 😅 

    16. nomebi on

      I’m basically irish
      (in the 5th century the bohemian basin was populated by celtic peoples called boii, these later intermixed with slavs that migrated in, czechs are basically irish)

    17. Byrnzillionaire on

      A lot of Americans seem to struggle with the difference between nationality and ancestry. Where your great grandparents were from is your heritage, not your nationality.
      You’re not Irish, you’re American.

    18. blurrysasquatch on

      Cousin, your opinion of me cannot change my DNA. I have the same genetics carved by history, natural selection and the enumerable couplings across time that created us both. I look exactly like you. I am you viewed through a dark mirror and I can understand that the reflection is not always pleasant to look upon, yet here we are.

    19. parkaman on

      I don’t hate Irish Americans.i live in a touristy town and some are lovely and you’d go out of your way to help then, some are arseholes. So that’s least one thing we share.
      I just hate when they describe themselves as Irish while spreading hate. . The Nigerian family down the road who became naturalised citizens last year, who both work in health care and turn up to support every community event are a million times more Irish than you. Stop calling yourself Irish, you don’t speak for us

    20. THE-ZODIAC68 on

      I don’t have an issue with Americans tracing back their lineage but I do find a lot of these “Irish” Americans also seem to hold incredibly bigoted opinions and seem to think they have a greater claim to the heritage than actual locals.

    21. Smoked_Eels on

      I dunno.

      I’ve no issue with an American coming here to explore family routes. It sounds like a fun trip.
      If I was a yank I’d probably have an interest in whatever culture my family came from.

      And most Americans I’ve met traveling here or Europe are fairly liberal minded.

      Irish American politicans are Obama… Ted Kennedy… are “we” not a left wing demographic there.

      This picture distorts reality.

    22. A_Reddit_User_1010 on

      I love native Irish people. They are beautiful and have a wonderful culture. I only wish my ancestors had come from a long line of amazing Irish people.

    23. Fealocht on

      Jfc why are Irish people so obsessed with appearing better than others?

      Whether its whining about Americans or the Brits we’re like an embittered ex who needs to loudly display how much they dont think about you anymore.

    26. McGrup20 on

      The people depicted in this meme forgot about San Patricio’s Battalion

    28. thats_pure_cat_hai on

      This is fucking cringe.

      Most Irish Americans that I’ve met are fucking sound. They literally keep our tourism industry afloat and helped us out massively during the war of independence.

      Irish Americans have continued on some traditions that have died out in Ireland so its really interesting talking to some of them. OP might find it interesting as well if he got over himself and stopped gatekeeping Irishness.

    29. Afraid-Community-985 on

      I’ve always been amazed at how weird people in Ireland are about Irish Americans. In your haste to clamp down on ethno nationalism your excluding the the diaspora which is incredibly valuable for our country. The snark is just immature. And it’s hard to take seriously considering the amount of times people told me I’m not Irish while I was living in Dublin, simply because I’m from Derry. Let them calm themselves Irish. Half of you can’t even speak Gaeilge to any decent extent we don’t really have any right to be protective of this status of irishness

    31. Alertox on

      Oh this is perfect! I’m holding onto this meme to use later on my racist-ass family. Thanks!

    32. -Ken-Tremendous- on

      Canadian here who’s grandparents on both sides emigrated. Neither I or any of my family would claim to be Irish and it’s embarrassing how many with Irish heritage are now racist, anti-inmigrant clowns. They forget that less than a lifetime ago there were “No Irish Need Apply” signs.
      Talk about pulling the ladder up behind you.
      Actually a friend of mine from Mayo came over in elementary school and is just the same.
      You are what you eat and they are on a steady diet of hot garbage takes

    34. ferocious_bandana on

      The irony is, those with Irish heritage are often only one or two generations removed, compared with the ancestors of some ‘Brits’ in the North who planted 400 years ago.

    35. mlbryant on

      As an American who appreciates the discourse, I thought I’d share it couple of quick thoughts.

      1) I read all of the comments here and it seems U.S. Americans are painted with a very very broad brush. I am not sure such generalizations are sound. The population of Ireland is about 7.2 million. NYC alone is 8.5 million and there are thousands of cultures, races, religions, political leanings, sexual orientations, wealth (or lack there of). 1 US City in a country 340 million people. Would it be fair to paint ya’ll with a “they’re just European” brush

      2) Yep, U.S. Americans can really put a ton of emphasis or concern on their heritage. Why? Because U.S. America – although almost 250 years old – is a young country with a constantly churning melting pot of cultures and heritages. We are such a large, diverse country that there isn’t a shared US American heritage. Funny thing is some of us have more in common with our cousins of the same heritage, than we do with many other U.S. groups.

      3) It is shameful there is bigotry in the world. It is more shameful that those U.S. Americans that claim Irish heritage are bigoted – their ancestors that came here from Ireland were racially bigoted against even into the 20th century. 19th century Media portrayed the Irish with simian or ape like features. That’s not generations and generations ago for some of us, for some of us, that was our grandparents.

      One final thing, since the OP made a valid point with the Mexican Flag… Those of of us I’m the USA are U.S. Americans. Many of not most American countries, particularly Venezuela, consider themselves Americans as the live in an American continent.

    36. starshipodyssey on

      This is how all Diaspora identity works everywhere. Irish diaspora is unusually large relative to the homeland population.

    37. standarsh1965 on

      Christ but they’re annoying when they’re over here. Can hardly hear the live music over them

    40. No-Interaction2169 on

      Weird thing hating the descendants of our kin who were literally forced out of the country. But then we are a complicated people

    41. AdministrativeEmu855 on

      Lets dial this back a bit, being interested in their family heritage is fine.