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[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

People nowadays have new targets: immigrants, LGBT+, progressives etc. But at one point in time, the Irish were one such group, surrounded by harmful stereotypes. They're fully justified in being wary of the British even to this day.

Moreover, you just need to see what people did to the Irish to imagine where all modern nationality anti immigrant rhetoric can go