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In reply to the discussion: Paul Ryan [View all]coeur_de_lion
(3,666 posts)When Obama was President I didn't give this guy Paul Ryan much thought. I knew his budget proposal was wacko but I didn't know anything else. Or care.
Now that he is front and center and I'm learning about him I think he is a disgrace to the Irish everywhere. Protestant or Catholic.
I wish we could force people of Irish descent who act like privileged assholes to change their names.
I've been reading about Martin McGuinness this week. And thinking about the way the Irish were treated in Ireland and how it caused the IRA to be created. And how after Bloody Sunday the IRA had a surge in their ranks that ultimately escalated "The Troubles" to the point that the British were forced to negotiate peace.
I'm taking my musings even further to imagine an America where ugly people like Paul Ryan prevail. How it would feel to have no rights. And how in that case it might be me joining a group like the IRA, wearing a ski mask and carrying a machine gun.
Because I would totally do it if anyone messed with my social security.