I don’t think we should either. I don’t think anyone here is arguing the Irish had it easy in America. They were treated pretty horribly as indentured servants, but indentured servitude does not equal slavery. Yes, some of them were involuntarily sentenced to come to America as indentured servants, but that was still…

this is good trolling

Were you one of the ones that were labored to death by chance?

They know we work twice as hard and are twice as great as them. At everything.

Indentured servitude was often really, really brutal and terrible. I spent a while studying the practice in colonial New England, where it was pretty common for young girls to be sold into it as house maids, where they would be beaten and raped until they managed to get out of it, which could take years and years.…

Black people will continue on despite the fuckery. They managed to push for change even when reading was a crime for them. I have faith in black America's struggle.

No, those Irish white people did not suffer from systemic racism in North America at the hands of other white people.

It’s an example of a thread that certain people who claim to be historians have turned into a rope. Like just about any other people, the Irish have been slaves and slaveholders throughout history. However, the Irish slave experience in the Americas, which was used by the English as a way to rid their territories of…

people! most things in life and history do not have to exist in comparison or competition. you and your opinions can exist without being relative to everything else. one’s oppression isn’t diminished by someone else being oppressed.

So I understand your reasoning, you’re saying there were no irish slaves because there were more black slaves who were treated worse?

God, if I hear one more person bring up the “BUT THE IRISH!!!” argument when discussing racial oppression I will strangle them. I’m Jewish, and I don’t feel the compulsion to yell out “BUT ANTISEMITISM!!!!” when discussing the Black Lives Matter campaign. Different topic for a different time. Totally and completely…

Shamrock shake almost as bad as slavery:

The constitutional right of the accused to confront the accuser. It’s something that does more good than harm, but it leaves victims of sexual abuse and stalking in horrible positions that often results in them refusing to testify. I’m not sure of the solution though. Ideas? Also while keeping in mind to change this…

Why would it be of any concern to you what I post? Is Cosby’s legal team reading Jezebel for co-counsel?

Uh, on what planet does Hillary Clinton not care about or address equal pay? I know Bernie Sanders fan don’t like her, at all, but you can’t just make shit up about her record. She introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act and cosponsored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act for christ’s sake.

ten highest paid staffers on Bernie Sanders’ campaign, not a single one is a woman.

Lyme tests are notoriously unreliable. If you google “Lyme disease diagnosis” there are literally multiple links talking about how challenging it is to diagnose. Stop being a fucking asshole about a real disease that real people suffer from just so you can armchair psychologize some reality tv personality.

I appreciate the even-handed approach of this post but this “Real Skeptics” blog is problematic, to put it mildly. First, SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT GET THE RASH. This issue is so frustrating and dangerous. You can have Lyme having never seen any rash at all. If they are doing any in-depth information the blog should have…

1)If you get concerned about something presented by a single person on a reality show and don’t do any of your own research or have a conversation with your own MD, you’re an idiot.

I have a friend who stuggles with chronic lyme disease and I myself struggle with autoimmune issues, you really can feel fine (relatively speaking) one day and totally crash the next. You also find yourself pushing yourself when you feel crappy, because its basically your new normal. Its very difficult for people not…