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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Wasn't SD's point that "Fighting Irish" stereotypes Irish as drunken brawlers, so the "fighting" part of the name is problematic, not the "Irish" part.
"Courteous Irish" doesn't have much of a ring to it though.
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balt was raising a "standing" argument, or maybe a "free pass" argument. Since Irish people ran ND he argues they can call themselves the Drunkin Irishmen or whatever, like rappers can say N-----.
To me ND is okay because the sterotypes are dead, or at least near to it. plus it's one school, not an entire Catagory of mascot, and that makes it somehow less objectonable.
