Saying shit like this is revolting and bigoted.
We’ve a bit of a mess over in Irish twitter now because a rake of dopey yanks have waded in and started saying mad shit about how travellers are white therefore they don’t face the same kind of oppression they do.
Irish travellers face racialised, systemic, and rampant bigotry everyday. Your history and dynamics don’t apply here lads, wading in and trying to apply that framework is a joke and makes you look like cunts.
Now, I know I don’t have to worry about this shite here, most of you are sound and not libs, but it needs to be said. Some of the shite I’m seeing yerwan in the screen up there along with her lib cheering section saying about travellers is revolting.
Does “traveller” have some special meaning that I’m not aware of, or is this a bit?
It still fucking wrecks my head how the hate for Roma/Travellers/Nomads in general boils down to “I hate you because your house moves around”
Just random speculation, but I guess the concern is about accountability. If your neighbor beats somebody up or takes something or whatever other bad thing, you can go hold them accountable. If a nomad does the same thing, they might be gone in the morning and beyond your reach.
Of course, the real reason is the same as any racism, it’s useful to have an “other” to dehumanize for various reasons.
Indigenous Irish minority, sometimes called gypsies but that’s a controversial term I think
Yeah that’s because they are not related to the Romani, they are Irish. Traveler origins are still debated, but I think the current consensus is that in their primary form they emerged as a part of a more pastoralist part of the Gaelic community that was marginalized during the English conquests of Ireland.
