I see the sarc tag but is that really a racist term? There’s a group of people called paddies or wagons? Come to think of it, I don’t believe I’ve ever used that term before for anyone to point that out to me. Educate me, my friend, so I can clean up my act.
I see the sarc tag but is that really a racist term? There’s a group of people called paddies or wagons? Come to think of it, I don’t believe I’ve ever used that term before for anyone to point that out to me. Educate me, my friend, so I can clean up my act.
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Once President Trump was called out as a racist by the libs for using the term “paddy wagon”
“ Early police vehicles – like the one pictured here from the 1920s – were known as ‘paddy wagons. ... Around that time, nearly half of New York City’s law enforcement officers were also Irish. Therefore, a paddy wagon might have gotten its name because it was a vehicle often driven by an Irishman.”
Or, it could be that the name paddy is an Americanized version of an Irish name (Padric, Patrick) and being famous drinkers, the van used to tote them away was called a paddy wagon.
This would be offensive to Irishmen, or libs intent upon making a big deal out of nothing.
paddy and paddy wagon - Irish... some of us think it’s an anti-Irish slur, born from a time when we were discriminated against in the U.S.
Some relate it to the mid-30’s NY City because the Irish held a lot of cop jobs.
Still not sure if the use is because a lot of Irish were cops or a lot of Irish were arrested.
Also it is what blacks called whites in america for awhile....
and we have long memories...some of us still haven’t gotten over Cromwell and we are still a little touchy.. :)
I have seen many claims that “paddy wagon” is somehow related to Irish immigrants to the USA, but I suspect it started out as “patty wagon” as short for “patrol wagon.”