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British Journalist Displays anti-Irish Racism

Gruffalo | 07.11.2008 11:24 | Anti-racism | Culture

British Journalist David Cox supports the torture of political prisoners and shows his true racist feelings for the Irish in his latest review of Hunger:

British Journalist David Cox supports the torture of political prisoners and shows his true racist feelings for the Irish in his latest review of Hunger:

quotes include:

"Perhaps it's all to do with the air of Celtic romance that seems to envelop the Irish even when they're at their most vicious"

Painting all Irish with the same brush was supposed to be a thing of the past. The link in attached:

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2008/nov/03/hunger-bobby-sands?commentpage=11

Gruffalo

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Don#t make the same mistake I did: read the piece carefully before ranting

07.11.2008 13:07

If you read this actually rather perceptive article carefully, you'll see that "the air of Celtic romance that seems to envelop the Irish even when they're at their most vicious" does not characterise the Irish but refers to the reactions of a certain type of gullible, usually left-wing Brit.

Ayatollah Khomeini

Bigger threat

07.11.2008 20:06

The thousands bellowing explicit and violent anti-Irish racism at Ibrox every other week, and carrying it into the streets afterwards, are a much more substantial threat than any witterings of metropolitan liberals in the Guardian, misunderstood or not.

Stroppyoldgit

Some maggot doesn't like the Irish

10.11.2008 03:28

Why don't you find out where he lives and slit his throat, rather than using as an excuse to post on Indymedia?

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7718583.stm

Obarmanoid