This is also true.You cant criticise gypsies here, American gaffers who have never been within 5000 miles of a of a Irish traveller have a over-romanticised view of travellers where they all travel around in wooden caravans telling fortunes and any other visualisation of them is racism.
You cant criticise gypsies here, American gaffers who have never been within 5000 miles of a of a Irish traveller have a over-romanticised view of travellers where they all travel around in wooden caravans telling fortunes and any other visualisation of them is racism.
Is the person doing the commenting a traveller?
I have no idea wtf he is saying.
Except for the word "bollocks."
You cant criticise gypsies here, American gaffers who have never been within 5000 miles of a of a Irish traveller have a over-romanticised view of travellers where they all travel around in wooden caravans telling fortunes and any other visualisation of them is racism.
Yeah, but GAF gypsie threads also have their share of rabid, xenophobic posts from people who have to put up with the thieving chav scums shit rather then gather their whole opinion from having seen a couple of hollywood films.
Calm down before you hurt yourself and those like me who were originally agreeing with you.fixed that for you.
Calm down before you hurt yourself and those like me who were originally agreeing with you.
So complain about it in a contextually appropriate and level-headed manner.sorry still pissed about having to fit a new cat to my sisters mini last Christmas.
Geography and ethnicity.How are these people different than Roma?
Calm down before you hurt yourself.
... an intelligent discussion about the social problems here as a wider whole is probably off the cards, isn't it?
"this is neogaf"... an intelligent discussion about the social problems here as a wider whole is probably off the cards, isn't it?
... an intelligent discussion about the social problems here as a wider whole is probably off the cards, isn't it?
Agreed, but I seriously doubt it was one story that made him so, and more a severe lack of brain-to-typing connection.Saying there is a problem with crime in the Irish Traveller is fine thing to say.
Saying I hate Travellers because one stole my sister's cat is a disgusting thing to say.
They are not really gypsy.
Fair enough. I just used 'gypsy' in the title for non-Irish people who may not be familiar with the term 'traveller'.Im sure they do have a negative affect,I was just saying that people get these kind of people confused with a real(roma) gypsy.
"Chav" isn't an ethnic slur, though.
Unless you're referring to how it was appropriated to describe an entire group, which I wasn't very comfortable with either.
Of course not, they get dole money and free housing from the Irish government. As an Irishman, it's extremely hard to not harbour a strong dislike of travellers when I see shit like this. The one vaguely positive aspect about their culture is that they tend to favour a one-on-one brawl to settle disputes as opposed to shootings/stabbings, but other than that, their culture here in Ireland has an almost entirely negative effect on the country.
Of course not, they get dole money and free housing from the Irish government. As an Irishman, it's extremely hard to not harbour a strong dislike of travellers when I see shit like this. The one vaguely positive aspect about their culture is that they tend to favour a one-on-one brawl to settle disputes as opposed to shootings/stabbings, but other than that, their culture here in Ireland has an almost entirely negative effect on the country.
Hence the use of the term "traveler", which is an umbrella for all gypsy-like peoples.Im sure they do have a negative affect,I was just saying that people get these kind of people confused with a real(roma) gypsy.
Their own insular world is still horrifying and absolutely unacceptable in any civilised society, even if it's kept out of sight of the general public. The way the women are treated is nothing short of repulsive.
It's a shame we can't have a proper discussion about these issues on GAF.
The one vaguely positive aspect about their culture is that they tend to favour a one-on-one brawl to settle disputes as opposed to shootings/stabbings.
Every single time.Gypsy threads still slaying Euro-gaffers I see.
Their own insular world is still horrifying and absolutely unacceptable in any civilised society, even if it's kept out of sight of the general public. The way the women are treated is nothing short of repulsive.
It's a shame we can't have a proper discussion about these issues on GAF.
I'm from DC and what is this?
Every single time.
Always know I'm gonna see some bodies in a gypsy thread.