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Racism on GBT

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is racism accpetable on this site. I Posted a blog looking for other irish lads on the site here is a reply i got from a user
mike1946 - 2012-05-22 07:38:57
i drink too much, live with my mother, and get into fights. i guess i'm irish.(j/k) cute he puts the jk at the end o make it all ok

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11 years ago

hey danny. i can tell you mike1946 say that but mean no harm. he is a great guy and prolly use that joke that been around here in usa and i hear it before cos mum is from county cork and hey, she laff at it but not as much as i laff at story of her in a pub order paddy with water and bar man say, 'good god woman you're murderin it!' ya i only have paddy a couple times with me dad who is a brit and we both do it cos of mum! ya im 20 and live with them cos they older and so what. i work 12 hour days to keep this boarding hosue going and i mean bake, clean it good and cook too. i have citizenship with both me parents home lands and learn the history and ways and all that go on here in usa too. what mike1946 say is not mean like 'no irish need apply' so do not feel bad. he means it more like 'i will be your friend an try to meet requirement of irish' and come on now ~ i buy us all a half and then maybe another two or more and this all go away. btw, im yank born but say 'erin go bragh' and mean it in me heart just as i love me dad's heritage. others who are mean and nasty (and that so not mike1946) you know what say to them right? POGUE MA THOIN! big hugs and buddy love. want to meet as friends when next i go to eire? meet me at shannon :)

tico12
11 years ago

good god-danny30 will give it a break,and get on with wit ur life
think of all the shit thats going on in the world...
what"s it like living wit ur mother anyway...lol

11 years ago

Danny - why don't you just accept Mike's appology and move on. This is getting a little to dramatic.
Kiss and make up. OK - PLEASE

11 years ago

i didn't imply anything i clearly stated i though it was racist and it is

11 years ago

Your question implied that Mike1946'S comment was racist when the majority here do not think it was,
everyone no doubt agrees that there is no place for racism here or anywhere else but Mike's comment was not an example.

11 years ago

its going on becasue i asked a question billpering.only one person has answered that question
so far.and thanks to them.

11 years ago

I am surprised this controversy has gone on so long and become so heated..I just don't see how Mike1946's original comment could be called racist in the normal sense of the word..I think several of you are using any excuse, however unjustifiable, to trumpet your anti-racism credentials and the last comment begs the question of whether it was racist or not.
There are many Brits of a younger generation, forgetful of their crucial role in defeating fascism in 1939-45), who routinely criticise our American friends in what Danny would no doubt call racist terms...yet no one complains.

fungus320
11 years ago

There is absolutly unequivically no excuse for racism

11 years ago

i am mainly a comedian who can get very edgy. sometimes i go over the line. i'm sorry danny for upsetting you. it wasn't my intention.

11 years ago

danny, i'll buy you a beer. i'll have a vinegar and water.

11 years ago

Children - STOP. We are who we are. No need to be SILLY. Mike1946 is a good person. I don't see this as racist. If it is send a message to Hollywood who helped cause this role appearance. Danny30 slow down a little - I hate bullys and racist. Think your stretching the race card VERY THIN and Danny is nice too. Georgets - your comments are MEAN, back down a little (please). Deckert hit it right being the first to post. All need to kiss and make up. This is a place to be kind and safe. No cause to be hurtful or a smart ass. Love you ALL - Andy

11 years ago

so do you excuse all racism lokix where is it that you draw the line. ignorance is no excuse.how can a complete stranger to me use your example no 3 in your way of thinking next time i meet some one new i should insult them to break the ice

LokiX
11 years ago

You're being oversensitive. I see 3 distinct types of racist humour. 1. Borat - poking fun at the racists by being racist himself to provoke their racism. 2. Bernard Manning - 1950's old school racist humour which is no longer appropriate. 3. Racism Between Friends - you'll see Louis CK being racist towards a couple of black comedians he's friends with. They'll be racist back to Louis. But they are friends so its all in good fun.

In your case 'mike1946' made the mistake of using no.3 in an introduction. He's not racist: If anything he's just a little socially unaware. If he really was born in 1946 then I'd be more lenient on him still. Hell - even if he was 18 I'd not care if someone took the piss out of my race/nationality - I'd just do it right back. And many great friendships have been made that way - by taking the piss out of each other.

11 years ago

not only are you a racist mike1946 your also a bully.this is your message to me ..(yea you are a fuckin jerk. you use a gay steriotype in your profile. floppy hand? you surely fit the irish steriotype. jerk.) and yeah irish people are a race of people look it up.dont awesome cause were white we are not an actuall race really check it out

11 years ago

The Irish are not a race just a nationality.... all nationalities get teased for their perceived typical habits...frogs, krauts etc.

11 years ago

Have another pint of Guiness and get over it Paddy.

skullfragment
11 years ago

Lol for what its worth, I'm part Irish :P and I know I drink too much beer. Mom lives on the other side of town and I do have a very very short fuse lol I see no racism here ;)

11 years ago

Get a life Danny.

andtomill
11 years ago

Yeah i think calling that racism means is being a little over sensitive but what do i know i am Scottish. I think you need to grow a thicker skin.

11 years ago

danny resents an irish steriotype. yet he readily uses a gay steriotype (floppy hand) in his profile. double standard?

11 years ago

raceism? cmon danny. it was meant to be funny. i'm sorry that it was taken in a serious way. i'll defiately avoid you in the future.