[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I keep a sign my Irish grandfather gave me. It states Irish Need Not Apply . There is nothing new under the sun.

I had an occasion to deal with a company, and the representative was, ahem, of an easily identifiable ethnicity. And she - double “affirmative action" credit, that - did a terrible job. Worse off after consulting her than I was before.

You cannot be surprised to learn that that is not going to happen again.

Thomas Sowell has pointed out that the Irish have, over time, integrated into the mainstream - and such a sign as you possess is an anachronism. But the first immigrants from Ireland had not yet integrated, and there actually were reasons the signs arose. Hard as it now is to envision.

[RinaseaofDs]

I’ve got one too.

No Dogs
No Ni*****s
No Irish

My great uncle used to say “The Irish are the ni*****s of Europe.”

I’m nearly full-blooded Irish. My grandfather came over as a young boy with my great grandfather. 11 kids.

The had a ranch, seven sections of land, in what is now Livermore. The Lawrence Livermore Lab is sitting on what was my great grandad’s land.

Strange old world.