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Periscope by Niall O'Dowd

Irish were once targets as Muslims are now -- we should not forget that

Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 11:22 PM

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It is true that we should all be tolerant. It is also FACT that the Irish were treated horribly in America when they first came. However, what is also true is that Muslims are loyal to the Koran only. Any citizenship in any country does not change their core beliefs which happen to be that if you are not Muslim you have no right to live. The culture of being a Muslim is one of oppression towards women and anyone who is not Muslim. It is not a "Live and let live," religion. Therefore, although Muslim's should not be discriminated against, you must face the facts that to them, your life is worth nothing. I personally do not wish to live next door to anyone who has no love for his fellow man regardless of the religion. If I saw a child getting ready to be hit by a car, I would not stop to think..."Oh, that is a Muslim, Christian, or Jew so it must be God's way of ridding them on earth and so I will not interfer." We must not discriminate, but we must also be alert and sometimes that means we should not let everyone into the country until a point where education and ethics are realized.

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maloney | Sep 23, 2010, 08:02 PM EDT

galway...I'm with you all the way ,but,,,the Irish may possibly have misplaced a small explosive once.

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galway2001 | Sep 22, 2010, 07:59 PM EDT

your forgetting one thing, the IRISH didn't bomb any one so dont you dare compare the IRISH to the muslim

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Monsoonman | Sep 19, 2010, 01:21 PM EDT

Well said Kell! Too much about rights for the "victims", an entrenched industry in this country. Rooted in the legal victimhood scams seen in the courts aided and abetted by the tort industry....Everyone's a victim. Time for personal responsibility in this country.

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kell7757 | Sep 19, 2010, 12:52 PM EDT

Niall, let the Muslims make their own way. Their behavior, attitudes, and actions will determine how they make their way in America. Each man and woman or ethnic group that comes to America has to stand on their own two feet and make their own way, with pride and dignity. Many of us find your common victimhood attitude to be a disgrace to Irish people and any people anywhere. I can guarantee you if I was a Muslim, and some silly sheltered liberal Irish American, like yourself, approached me with the "common victimhood" message, I would have zero respect for you. Nobody wants to be pitied. And your victim stance is pity. No good can come from it.

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newcanaan | Sep 19, 2010, 09:05 AM EDT

Niall cop youself on son.

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ssMarilyn | Sep 19, 2010, 12:56 AM EDT

Wow, your ignorance astounds me. You are comparing apples to oranges. I think you need to find a new line of work. This apparently isn't working for you. :)

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maloney | Sep 18, 2010, 08:49 AM EDT

The post from sept 17 4:06pm is not mine although I do agree with it. IC wake up & put correct name & post together. As for the last 2 posts, they left out except for the muslims. If I had a doctor & dentist that were muslims, there would be a need to check both ends after visits. (which was apparently lost on some commentators) Nothing was lost but common since & a lack to see the obvious by o'dud & the last 2 posts.!!

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Sparklet | Sep 18, 2010, 08:44 AM EDT

The Irish are loved everywhere now. That's all that matters. But the racism they experienced was nothing like what's happening today. Yes, there is racism directed towards Muslims, but it's generally as a result (unfairly so) of Islamic extremism. Racism against the Irish was based on ignorance. Racism against Muslims is often based on fear.

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sirpeter | Sep 18, 2010, 08:20 AM EDT

What Mr O'Dowd means is don't demonize anybody due to race,colour,or creed and that we Irish, as superior beings having the blood of saints and scholars and great intellect should be the ones to lead the way. I agree.

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sirpeter | Sep 17, 2010, 08:54 PM EDT

I do not need to defend Niall O'Dowd or IC but I would like to point out that O'Dowd was not comparing Irish immigrants, struggling to make it in a hostile WASPish America, to radical Muslims who strap on bombs and blow up people. He was simply reminding us in a nice way that we Irish were also despised and ridiculed (portrayed in newspapers as apes) and discriminated against in every way - and feared as one would fear the plague. Our immigrant ancestors had to first prove that they were essentially human and it took well over 100 years before they were fully accepted as equals. This, I believe, was O'Dowd's central point - which was, apparently, lost on some commentators. My doctor and dentist are both Muslim. They have been in America for many years, are totally assimilated, as are their children, and they love their adopted country. And they fear radical Islam every bit as much we do - and they also fear us, which is sad. I have no doubt that it was Muslims like these that Niall O'Dowd was referring to.

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relfering | Sep 17, 2010, 08:45 PM EDT

Comparing the Irish to the Muslims is rediculous. Muslim is a religion not an ethnic group. The Irish never tried to eliminate anyone not Irish.

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kilgara | Sep 17, 2010, 07:37 PM EDT

O'Dowd, With this commentary you are a shoo-in for the horses ass of the year award.To compare Irish immigrants , who in the main were mostly patriotic, charitable, peace-loving people to these I hate America but I'll come here to see what I can get trojan horses is bizzare beyond belief.

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jimmy12003 | Sep 17, 2010, 07:21 PM EDT

be real about this! there is only one real cult that the muslims have it in for! the reason all the other christians are been targeted is the fact that since ww2 we have all been protecting this one ungreatful clan of terrorist bast-ards from the muslims! christians should just send this cult back to the lands they have been plundering! and then maybe we could have them all there when iran sends in the nuke! whats the bets, the world would then be at peace!

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phoenixnurse | Sep 17, 2010, 05:27 PM EDT

There is no comparison...Radical Muslims hate America, Jews and Christians. THEY "blew up The World Trade Center Buildings" not once but twice! They are a supposedly Religion...but I know of no other faith that advocates such hatred and encourages them to brutally murder Christiand and Jews! They can all leave this country and go home! There is No outrage from the "So called good Muslims"

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