What part of “came to the US for a better life” would imply that they were shipped over as part of the transatlantic slave trade? The first part of that sentence is referring to some event that occurred in Ireland before they started migrating to the US. You can argue over the historical accuracy of whether they were “enslaved” while in Ireland but you cannot argue that this somehow implies that they were part of the transatlantic slave trade.
So why bring it up at all then, unless you're alluding to the 'enslaved Irish brought to America' myth? It would be like telling the story of Columbus, then also mentioning your favorite brand of soap as a part of the story. It's a total non-sequitur unless it's meant to play into the overall story. Historically speaking, the Irish were more often slavers than enslaved so if it's not a reference to the myth then it makes even less sense.
You brought up the transatlantic slave trade, in response to everyone else talking about the Irish being slaves, and then moving to America to escape it.
Slavery is literally in the original quote. The only context it makes sense in is transatlantic slave trade (since historically the Irish were infamous slavers, not slaves.)
You clearly have never studied Irish history. Medieval Ireland was well known for abducting English and Welsh people to sell into slavery, as any historian could tell you. That's the island's main relationship with slavery. (Hell, the legend of St. Patrick is literally about his being taken as a slave to Ireland.)
There's nothing of substance to "refute". You invent bullshit, then make a non-sequitur based on your own bullshit to somehow claim it has to do with the African slave trade.
How haven't you noticed the systematic rewriting of history to paint straight white men in a bad light? Do you have no memory? Wikipedia does it, Google does it, most big tech companies do.
It should be blatantly obvious Wikipedia does it after what they did with their Gamergate article.
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u/PookieTea NOVICE Mar 17 '23
What part of “came to the US for a better life” would imply that they were shipped over as part of the transatlantic slave trade? The first part of that sentence is referring to some event that occurred in Ireland before they started migrating to the US. You can argue over the historical accuracy of whether they were “enslaved” while in Ireland but you cannot argue that this somehow implies that they were part of the transatlantic slave trade.