What happens if an Irish Traveller gets a decent job, settles down, learns proper English, and doesn't live that lifestyle? Wouldn't they just then be regular Irish ethnicity and no longer would be Irish Travelers? Aren't the Irish Travelers a group of ethnic Irish who travel around scamming people and getting their wealth in illegal or at least shady ways? It seems like a criminal culture to me.
Every last one of them? I doubt it. The point I'm trying to raise is that some, in fact many of the things being said here about travellers have been used throughout history to demonize whatever group was currently slated for persecution and prejudice. There is a very ugly tenor to alot of the commentary floating around this case here at FR. It's more than a little disheartening. I like to think I'm as conservative as the next guy here, But the media generated hysteria over this case seems IMO to be getting the better of some folks here who aught to know better. I can't help but wonder what kind of laughs the DU crowd is having making jokes about those bloodthirsty republicans over at FR.