Because the Irish community takes pride in fighting off racist anti catholic protestants and wear the label "fighting Irish" as a badge if honor. Where the majority of native Americans determine the word "red skin" as a racist derogatory word. It's really not that hard guys
This isn't true at all. Irish people have no interest in 'fighting'. We did it because we had no other choice. The main slogan of the Good Friday Agreement referendum was "Give peace a chance".
The reason "fighting Irish", and "top o' the mornin'" nonsense is tolerated by Irish people, is that it's beneficial. The majority of Americans have a favourable view of Ireland so will visit and spent an absolute fortune here, boosting our tourism sector and keeping thousands of people in a job.
At a intergovernmental level, the benefits are even greater. The Irish Prime Minister (known as the Taoiseach) gets a bilateral meeting every year with the US president. Mark Rutte, the PM of the Netherlands for the past 13 years, has only met the US president 4 times during his premiership. The Irish American caucus in Congress is hugely influential and the Irish government will do anything to keep them happy - including ignoring blatantly racists caricatures like this.
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u/burrito-lover-44 Feb 01 '23
Because the Irish community takes pride in fighting off racist anti catholic protestants and wear the label "fighting Irish" as a badge if honor. Where the majority of native Americans determine the word "red skin" as a racist derogatory word. It's really not that hard guys