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> racist things about Irish people It's a trait that some people of Irish descent, like Watson, share. See also: self-deprecating humor Greek, Jewish, Italian
by aerostable_slug 11mo ago
> racist things about Irish people
It's a trait that some people of Irish descent, like Watson, share.
See also: self-deprecating humor Greek, Jewish, Italian, and members of other ethnicities are sometimes known for. The difference is that Watson just didn't care to read the room before letting loose.
- LarsDu88 11mo agoIt didn't come off as self-deprecating at all, although I see that he had a grandmother from Ireland (unclear if she was ethnically Irish or English) How could it possibly be self-deprecating if he was specifically shitting on "Irish women"?
- aerostable_slug 11mo agoIt is if he would describe a member of his own family this way, which I'm betting he would. He was rather famously described as a "tough Irishman" by his longtime friend, biologist Mark Ptashne.
- LarsDu88 11mo agoI'm surprised he identified as such. Dude is from Chicago but talks like someone from England.