I posted this in part because it reminded me of "My Body-Positive Friends Attack Me for Exercising." in that we have a topic that can be fraught, a LW who has begun getting involved with that topic, and friends who have reacted badly to LW's involvement.
I can understand LW's friends to an extent. I've been told that the Irish had it worse than Black people in the US and also that they were 'too proud' to be enslaved, unlike us. I can understand the immediate wince. But LW seems aware of that history of misusing Irish-American history as a weapon: " I would never, ever suggest that Irish Americans had it worse than Black Americans or anything like that; I was simply trying to learn about my ancestry." was a statement that really inclined me favorably towards them. If LW has told us the full story I think their friends should put their faith in LW over their bad expereinces. If LW were my friend and hadn't hurt me with this I would be researching recipes for them, but you all know me and food. :)
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I can understand LW's friends to an extent. I've been told that the Irish had it worse than Black people in the US and also that they were 'too proud' to be enslaved, unlike us. I can understand the immediate wince. But LW seems aware of that history of misusing Irish-American history as a weapon: " I would never, ever suggest that Irish Americans had it worse than Black Americans or anything like that; I was simply trying to learn about my ancestry." was a statement that really inclined me favorably towards them. If LW has told us the full story I think their friends should put their faith in LW over their bad expereinces. If LW were my friend and hadn't hurt me with this I would be researching recipes for them, but you all know me and food. :)