Question for the Irish

[alexist]

So, elsewhere, someone makes a joke after someone confuses Anthony Kennedy with Ted Kennedy:
"they're both kennedy's and both of irish origin so it's safe to say they're both drunks, Ted is just the sloppy one"

Me:
"that's a spectacular piece of racism, really impressive".

Him:
"oh boo hoo, leave the race card (for a race you don't even belong to) in the overhead compartment, the irish will be the first to make those jokes"

(Ha ha, he didn't know I am Irish)

Me:
"there's a big difference between people making fun of themselves and other people doing it"
(e.g. Jews can make jokes about being cheap, but it's not ok for non-Jews to make them about us)

Him:
"There's a reason there's no Irish Anti-Defamation League. Unlike whiny Jewish liberals, the Irish have a sense of humor.

Must come from knowing when to take a drink and let things go."

So, what do you think? Aside from him being an asshole.
Not, of course, that it's the hugest thing in the world: simply that I thought it was tasteless and inappropriate.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, Justice Kennedy is a member of a private French "Bacchic Guild" Burgundy wine drinking society called the "Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin". Basically "the Knights of the Brotherhood" get together to Clos de Vougeot, Burgundy's finest chateau, dress up in red medieval robes and feathered hats, sing drinking songs, perform "Bacchic rites" and get totally wasted at lavish banquets. Google it yourself if you don't believe me, it's pretty wild.

That said, it's better than even money the good Justice could drink old Ted under the table in the grand manner.

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

All well and good, but the original joke wasn't really based on any actual knowledge of Kennedy. It was simply "Irish = drunk". Which is dumb.