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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
What drives me nuts is that most of the kids out picketing the Noles are white suburban kids who don't even understand the gripe they're making. It also strikes me as kind of odd that only groups that have been historically victimized get to air the gripes. Why can't I raise a protest against Notre Dame? Doesn't their mascot paint Irish as dim brawlers in the same way the Seminoles' paints Indians as warriors? Yet nobody chides ND. Why is that? Is it because the Irish aren't as easy a group to get behind? Are we that unsexy a cause for the Berkeley Crowd? We were victimized... "Irish need not apply."
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Because a considerable number of people associated with Notre Dame are actually Irish, or decendents of the Irish. Because ND goes over and plays a football game in Ireland every couple of years and sells out Croke Park (hell, they're allowed to
play in Croke Park, which is otherwise allowed only to host traditional Irish sports - rugby and soccer are not permitted). Because ND has a giagantic Irish Studies program dedicated to studying both the history and culture of Irland on the one side and studying methods of resolving the continuing political strife in the country (in a serious way, not in a give the IRA arms kind of way).
I'm not seeing that connection at Florida State.
ETA: I can't believe I just defended fucking Notre Dame.
