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Polybius

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21. No thanks

Reply to Doc Sportello (Reply #19)

Fri Mar 17, 2023, 01:32 PM

Mar 2023

I know you mean well, but it's like pushing dirt in their faces.

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Hey, Irish Americans: Your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic -- because that whole idea was made up [View all] Doc Sportello Mar 2023 OP

I love the Celtics! NewHendoLib Mar 2023 #1

This is a beautiful essay. Recommended. yardwork Mar 2023 #2

Wait. No comely maidens dancing at the crossroads??? The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2023 #3

There is no one more Irish than..... multigraincracker Mar 2023 #4

No Celtic tattoo, family escaped the famine, very happy to see diversity in Ireland. TheProle Mar 2023 #5

How is it shitting on your "heritage" to point out recent science about Ireland's history? Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #18

i'll read it all later, but mopinko Mar 2023 #6

Thank you Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #26

well, for me mopinko Mar 2023 #29

it's as real as Cinco de Mayo bigtree Mar 2023 #7

Ireland has an antisemitism problem Mosby Mar 2023 #8

i see so much of this on twitter. mopinko Mar 2023 #30

There's an interesting essay in there somewhere Sympthsical Mar 2023 #9

Agreed Ritabert Mar 2023 #20

+1. I think it is worth calling out racist appropriation of a romanticised faux Celtic past meadowlander Mar 2023 #27

Nobody is "pure" anything. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #10

If anyone is interested in actual accurate information Tomconroy Mar 2023 #11

Is there something inaccurate in O'Heir's article? Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #13

ok, i finished reading it, mopinko Mar 2023 #33

Kinda mean to post on St. Patrick's Day Polybius Mar 2023 #12

Really? Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #14

No, but it would be mean to point out if an Italian tattoo was fake on their biggest day Polybius Mar 2023 #15

I think it's the perfect time to correct the historical record Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #19

No thanks Polybius Mar 2023 #21

Oh please Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #25

Ok Polybius Mar 2023 #36

Meh. Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #16

If I were into tattoos, I'd pick a cool equation. old as dirt Mar 2023 #17

The book of Kells was made around the year 800 robbob Mar 2023 #22

I don't need to wear a tribal tat to celebrate Britannia Rules! Kicking Romans ass since 43AD Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2023 #23

Hail Brennus! Mysterian Mar 2023 #31

Anthropologists have followed the Celts all across Europe. Thousands of years before haele Mar 2023 #24

The author's assertion is WAY OOT Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #32

same thing with family crests...nt Baltimike Mar 2023 #28

Pasta with red sauce isn't italian, either. Sauces in Rome and Venice are brown. lindysalsagal Mar 2023 #34

One would need H2O Man Mar 2023 #35

Read it all at link -- very interesting! Am a bit surprised he didn't mention Yeats' Celtic Twilight Hekate Mar 2023 #37

I knew the celts did not originate in gb Meowmee Mar 2023 #38