Catholics talking about Catholics isn't the same as one race putting down another.
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superrific
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Mountaineers are like Tar Heels.
Sure, Notre Dame embraced the stereotype (arguably), but they did it for themselves. That's not even remotely the same thing. Don't believe me? Drive a BMW into New Richmond, IN and call them hoosiers. See what happens.
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I wouldn't count on Trump v. US protecting Barack. The Supreme Court refused to set forth any actual rule about what constituted official conduct, precisely so it could make case-by-case determinations based on their preferences.
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I don't count on SCOTUS for much. I also don't understand a coherent theory of the case against BO here, so it's hard to identify an act to evaluate as official vs unofficial. Unless the courts are completely gone, the Trump admin should want to avoid having the use of the levers of government to carry out personal vendettas considered an unofficial act.
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What case? There's no case. It's not even allegations. The point is, though, that the Supreme Court will not explain itself in any way that allows its rulings to apply to Trump or his admin.
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‘The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Torches Paramount Over Colbert Axing: “Go F*ck Yourself”
Jon Stewart has gone full-scorched Earth on his own parent company. The Daily Show host used the opening of his Monday night show to give his hot take on the cancelation of his old friend Stephen Colbert’s Late Show. “I understand the corporate fear. I understand the fear that you and your...
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The original "Fighting Irish" were Union soldiers during the US Civil War and the event that largely pushed ND in favor of the Fighting Irish nickname was a visit to campus from an actual Irish freedom fighter. Add in that many of the original founders of ND were of Irish descent and that ND traditionally had a lot of Irish students, the name was taken as a point of Irish pride during a time when the Irish in the US were often discriminated against. The mascot, originally an Irish Terrier, became the mythical leprechaun.
Notre Dame Leprechaun - Wikipedia
The nickname nor mascot are based in the "hot tempered drunken Irishman" stereotype and the only relationship the nickname/mascot could be construed to have with the stereotype is that a largely Irish school selected their nickname/mascot to counteract the bigoted stereotype.
In short, as with nearly every other topic upon which you opine, you are shown to be ignorant and a fool.
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You must be a pretty angry guy to get this worked up over a post of mine about the ND mascot.
To quote your article:
"According to historian and author Murry Sperber, the most widely accepted explanation of how the nickname settled on Notre Dame sports teams is more gradual but still dramatic. During the 1910s and 1920s, stereotypes and ethnic slurs were openly expressed against immigrants, Catholics and Irish. The press often referred to Notre Dam teams as the Catholics - or worse, the Papists or Dirty Irish - because the school was largely populated by ethnic Catholic immigrants, many of them Irish. University leaders bristled at such descriptions, and school publicans called the team the Gold and Blue or the Notre Damers."
This was the Knute Rockne era. "Rockne may have been Norwegian, but he had the Irish flair for storytelling and drama. a natural salesman, he hired student press agents to tell the team's story. Some of them began using the 'Fighting Irish' nickname to characterize the underdog tenacity of his teams. THEY FOUND A WAY TO TURN THE DERISIVE TAUNT, WITH ITS SUGGESTION OF DRUNKEN BRAWLING (emphasis supplied), into an expression of triumph. Some students came to cherish the nickname. By owning the epithet, they transformed it into a symbol of pride."
I said in my post above that ND owned the stereotype and made it their own.
To quote your article:
"According to historian and author Murry Sperber, the most widely accepted explanation of how the nickname settled on Notre Dame sports teams is more gradual but still dramatic. During the 1910s and 1920s, stereotypes and ethnic slurs were openly expressed against immigrants, Catholics and Irish. The press often referred to Notre Dam teams as the Catholics - or worse, the Papists or Dirty Irish - because the school was largely populated by ethnic Catholic immigrants, many of them Irish. University leaders bristled at such descriptions, and school publicans called the team the Gold and Blue or the Notre Damers."
This was the Knute Rockne era. "Rockne may have been Norwegian, but he had the Irish flair for storytelling and drama. a natural salesman, he hired student press agents to tell the team's story. Some of them began using the 'Fighting Irish' nickname to characterize the underdog tenacity of his teams. THEY FOUND A WAY TO TURN THE DERISIVE TAUNT, WITH ITS SUGGESTION OF DRUNKEN BRAWLING (emphasis supplied), into an expression of triumph. Some students came to cherish the nickname. By owning the epithet, they transformed it into a symbol of pride."
I said in my post above that ND owned the stereotype and made it their own.
Just like the 100% Native American population of Washington D.C. and its football team.
Crazy, but that’s how it goes.
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Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.
Descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites have been flagged for review in connection with an executive order from President Trump.
—> A Trump Executive Order Prompts Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans“
At Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, the Trump administration is set to review, and possibly remove or alter, signs about how climate change is causing sea levels to rise.
At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the administration will soon decide whether to take down exhibits on the brutality of slavery.
And at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida, Trump officials are scrutinizing language about the imprisonment of Native Americans inside the Spanish stone fortress.
According to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times, employees of the National Park Service have flagged descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites for review in connection with President Trump’s directive to remove or cover up materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans.”…”
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Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.
Descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites have been flagged for review in connection with an executive order from President Trump.
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At Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, the Trump administration is set to review, and possibly remove or alter, signs about how climate change is causing sea levels to rise.
At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the administration will soon decide whether to take down exhibits on the brutality of slavery.
And at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida, Trump officials are scrutinizing language about the imprisonment of Native Americans inside the Spanish stone fortress.
According to internal documents reviewed by The New York Times, employees of the National Park Service have flagged descriptions and displays at scores of parks and historic sites for review in connection with President Trump’s directive to remove or cover up materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans.”…”
I k ow I feel disparaged.
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Six figure deployment? What a fucking joke.
72 hours to send rescue workers is an eternity.
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Coke Bends the Knee to Trump
Coca-Cola said it's going to offer "more choices" for consumers with a soda using cane sugar.
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BOOM! MAGA BINGO!<>
I love it when you drop in these threads, you simple minded fuck. We get to drag your dumb ass for a few posts then POOF you're gone. Ain't nobody mad here, skipper. Keep posting your MAGA cult bullshit while you can, guy.
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... I thought that was called Mexican Coke?Coke Bends the Knee to Trump
Coca-Cola said it's going to offer "more choices" for consumers with a soda using cane sugar.
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Why are you still posting here? What need is it filling for you?
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Shut the fuck up, you cultist twat.
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