The drawing in the Times UK

Maybe answer my question instead of pointing me to the nonsense spoken by a man in his 80s. The question was

“maybe you could tell us how this investment works. How does Biden encourage companies to invest in ni? Does he bribe them, threaten them, or what? And what do the shareholders think if their ceo invests in not the most attractive opportunities? Makes no sense to me so I would appreciate your help”

What are you suggesting, control of the media?

Really don’t see a requirement for “offence” to be taken with that cartoon because:

1. we’re always going to have that leprechaun 🍀 green isle branding outside of Ireland and we often use it inside Ireland too - it’s no different than clogs for Holland or milkmaids for Switzerland or whatever the stereotype is there. I think as a nation we can move on and take it on the chin
2. the cartoon is clearly parodying Biden and the juxtaposition between his words and his actions on his most recent trip - in fairness it was a complete Michael Flately show from start to finish, let’s be honest here- it was the 21st century equivalent of The Quiet Man on tour- John Ford would have been proud

I’m afraid I’ve missed such elequent posts- have they since been deleted since I arrived?

It’s standard procedure for British press to depict the Irish as paddies, even if the focus of their rant is the American president. This occasion is no exception except for the fact that Joe Biden became more Oirish than the Irish for the few days he was here, so the depiction and characture is not completely without foundation

Explain to me how it’s racist? As Irish people were not adverse to dressing up as leprechauns many times throughout the year on various national and international occasions. How would YOU like Irish people to be depicted in parody type cartoons? Would marks and Spencer work suits or Canadian goose jackets be more appropriate?

And how Irish people should be depicted in parody cartoons?

I think you’re taking this all too seriously- the day the British media publish a politically correct parody cartoon of Ireland or Irishness will certainly be the same day the British empire or what’s left of it is well and truely cremated 😛

"jealousy" over tax funded poncing about in silly get up? Of an "institution" that is rolling in cash? I think not.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2023/apr/05/revealed-royals-took-more-than-1bn-income-from-controversial-estates-king-charles-queen-duchies-cornwall-lancaster

"..unless of course you think [Joe Biden] is Irish"

Well he is. Or at least in his own version of our supposedly common language he is.

Some words mean different things on the other side of the Atlantic. Over here, we're Irish and Biden is American. In his version of English HE's Irish and we're "from Ireland." Different meaning entirely.

When an American says someone is Italian, it probably means they come from New York or New Jersey, are called Vinnie or Carmine, eat with a napkin around their throat, and are obsessed with the size of men's genitalia. ("The balls on that guy!")

On the other hand a well-dressed voluble young man who talks very loudly in a foreign language, gesticulates exaggeratedly, has impeccable and very fussy taste in food and is very good at soccer (can't say football--that's another word that mutates in meaning as you approach Ellis Island) is "from Italy".

"Two peoples separated by a common language." As a wise old Irishman once said.

I like to be educated by listening to the views of others. You were one of them. However, stooping to the level of the great Orange Pussy Grabber (Colour..not Political) I see I can be sometimes misguided.

A fairly pathetic way of disengaging from an argument, which you are discovering, even many Irish on here disagree with you on. I am assuming by ‘Andrew’ you are referring to Prince Andrew. To suggest I defended him in any way is just simply lies. You tried to paint a whole institution with the actions of one person, which I rebutted and said that the actions of royals involved in child abuse was “disgraceful”. I couldn’t have been clearer. Hence I think your response is pathetic - and the irony of, in the very same post, referring to lack of respect

I agree this subject is done to death and it seems the jury will s split on whether offence should be taken by Irish people at this jibe at POTUS

This Niles Gardiner -

He's just a guy who ran away and left his wife for a young wan.