[Az Joe]

I’m ashamed of my Irish heritage now.

[Olog-hai]

Not the same Ireland I lived in during the 70s and early 80s, for sure.

[Netz]

I don’t get it.

Is it the old “glory days” of Jerry Adams, the IRA-PLO connection?

What is it about Ireland that makes them so anti-Semitic-Israel? I mean both peoples love corned beef and cabbage.

Where is Ireland’s condemnation of Turkey’s occupation of northern Cyprus, China’s occupation of Tibet, human rights in Syria, Iran, China, North Korea, Russia???

[Gene Eric]

>> I’m ashamed of my Irish heritage now.

Well, the British stain hasn’t helped.

[irishjuggler]

It’s interesting. Imagine a country where the political spectrum ranges from bomb-throwing leftists on the left to corrupt corporately owned leftists on the right. Imagine a USA where the spectrum ran from Ilhan Omar to Nancy Pelosi/Joe Biden... and ended there. That’s Ireland.

“Conservatives” simply don’t exist in Ireland in the sense that they exist in the U.S. and continental Europe. There is no true right wing.

[familyop]

"I’m ashamed of my Irish heritage now."

I don't base my ethnic identity on any category of my ancestors including Irish. I'm an American, and that's what went on the census questionnaire.