#hibernophobia

[gan-inscne]

It's important to talk about how Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh is being charged with terrorism for what can be boiled down to waving a Palestine flag and shouting phrases that, for an Irish person, aren't support of terrorist groups but are moreso that oppressors should not be supported at all. Though the second one could be debated. But I want to look at another aspect of the situation.

One thing I want to point out that you notice about a lot of the reports from British journals about this. They refer to him as "Liam O' Hana", as that's the name he was charged under. One issue with that. That's not his name.

O' Hana may be his legal surname. But his first name is Liam Óg, not Liam. The fact they changed his name when charging him is a political statement of how the Irish language is viewed under the current British government.

Regardless of what you think about what Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh said, the British courts have made a political statement about what they think of the Irish language and Irish people. These aren't just "Irish versions of names". They're our names. They're willing to strip us of our own names. The British systems in place are still willing to strip us of our culture as soon as they want to make a point.

It's not surprising that we are seeing this first hand with an Northern Irish singer who is against the occupation of Ireland and Palestine. Do not let this be normalised.

[dougielombax]

If your knowledge of Irish history is limited to misconceptions, British propaganda, colonial bigotry (hibernophobia? In the 21st century?! It’s more likely than you think!) racist stereotypes, lies and untruths, then kindly shush up about it.

[laguz]

hibernophobia? why would anyone have a fear of hibernation 🤔

[mint-mumbles]

Don't get me started on the NINA (No Irish Need Apply) signs from the UK and USA, the "gingers have no souls" stereotype that's still prevalent in the UK to the point people get unironically made fun of for their hair (some people believe that Ireland is where red hair originates from), and it would be amiss not to bring up BLOODY SUNDAY (the Bogside Massacre)

People who stole potatoes and pigs to keep their families from starving during the Great Famine were sent from Ireland to Australia back in the 1840s (Australia was used as a prison for the British during this time) for 7 years while the Britains in power took their food

All because King Henry II demonized the people he was trying to conquer in order to take control of their church

[randomtheidiot]

This is how the Ohio-born author describes the very blatantly Irish love interest. He’s a loud, infuriating, and obstinate man from Ireland with bright orange hair.

I don’t care for it.

This is why I don’t buy books in the young adult section of the bookstore. What the fuck is this.

[melancholic-pigeon]

Ahead of Irish-American history month, I'd like to make a request.

Can we please try to avoid repeating stereotypes about ethnically Irish people being uniquely savage, brutish, stupid, backwards and violent towards others ethnicities on the basis of them being ethnically Irish?

I would also like to request that we do not joke about priests committing child sexual abuse, throw around slurs, or characterize The Troubles as savage, brutish, backwards, violent Irish people trying to expunge other ethnicities from Ireland.

Thanks.

[dougielombax]

Who the fuck is calling the plantation of Ulster “decolonization?”

No it wasn’t!

Miss me with that Ian Adamson Fanfiction revisionist bullshite!

(It literally served as the blueprint for England’s colonial settlements in other places! Whether in the Americas or Africa or anywhere else!)

Any historian would know that isn’t even remotely true! It’s LESS than wrong!

[sunnygander]

its so sad Azaelia Banks hates the irish we could have had such solidarity like we as an island could have backed her up on the grimes and elon drama

[breitzbachbea]

I do love it when people say something about my writing and worldbuilding and it changes my entire view and everything makes a bit more sense about it, suddenly.

[haveyoumetmythief]

Uh Oh! Local woman gets All Time Lowest Score at text messaging, an activity most people weren't aware was competitive, let alone something you could lose at

[melancholic-pigeon]

for fuck's sake.

More than one ethnic group can have a history of oppression at the same time.

[1800naveen]

SJM fans who go "It's just fiction." when you point out a flaw in her writing are a pain in the ass. When a author wants to write about fantasy, they'll take things from REAL LIFE to put into their stories. There are authors out there who will write their ideologies into their books and SJM is one of them.

Feyre dismantling the spring court out of petty revenge? Colonization.

The inner circle not allowing ANYONE from hewn city to enter Velaris and if they did, they would be treated horribly? Segregation.

SJM describing her POC as not striking, not beautiful compared to her main characters? Racism.

Hybern being based on Ireland and Prythian being based on Britian? The portrayal and demonization of Celtic culture? Do you know what the other name for anti-Irish sentiment is? Hibernophobia. That is a one letter difference.

"Hybern's geography closely resembles that of Ireland, while Pryhtian resembles Britain. Sarah J. Maas took inspiration from both countries to create the two locations." That's from the trivia section of the wiki page for Hybern.

The fae enslaving humans for hundreds of years? And Rhys has the audacity to say both sides are wrong.

I AM NOT AT FAULT FOR POINTING OUT THESE KIND OF THINGS. FANTASY CAN BE AND IS A REFLECTION OF REAL LIFE!

[librastrai]

you don’t have to post this but I have trouble understanding how op gets so pissed and defensive every single time anyone talks about how bad the antisemitism is in Ireland https://www.tumblr.com/an-colm-fuinniuil/785495110295191552/i-am-going-to-get-dogpiled-for-this-i-have-not

the LIVED EXPERIENCE of people there is telling you what it’s like, but every single time anyone criticizes what’s happening, they get like this, and it feels like erasure of what Jews and Israelis there are enduring and what other Irish people are literally reporting about daily.

i have op blocked for crying hibernophobia every time ireland got some slack for being up there in the ranks of europe's competition to be Disgustingly Antisemitic but. i think they don't realize that calling out the antisemitism inherent in a deeply christian country that has government officials openly boasting they are "devoid of jewish influence" while being one of the only 'neutral' countries in ww2 to give condolences for hitler's passing is in fact not xenophobia or hibernophobia. it is in fact just the truth.

ireland has been devoid of a jewish community outside of like 100 jews yet still manages to have it's own pogrom, be so virulently antisemitic in once again peddling the colonized by the english showboat to align themselves with palestine that they will ignore they're more like the english in their treatment of their own indigenous minority than the want to admit; all in an effort to, in my opinion, use their colonized victim history to centre themselves. all while ignoring the aformentioned brutalities currently ongoing against grt folk & jews within their borders.

israelis & jews talking about how violent ireland's antisemitism is *despite* not having a community like the countries mentioned in ops post is not hibernophobia. it's not xenophobia. it's highlighting the inherent hypocrisy in ireland's "connection" to another colonized people (except settled irish have borderline strongheld irish traveller sites & previous lands important to us via violent restriction of travel & palestine was never colonized because it is in fact a colonial name for a colonized *jewish* land.) english antisemitism is getting just as much heat but it's not being defended with "we were colonized to!! (just dont look at our ongoing cultural genocide within our borders.)

if you cannot handle ireland being on the hotplate for these issues without crying hibernophobia, stop being part of the conversation! otherwise, stop centering yoirself & your irish fragility over the current violence suffered by jews & grt folks *by ireland, the irish state & settled irish.* i'm over the perpetual victimhood & they always sound like commies crying over leftist antisemitism being highlighted.

[sillimancer]

no fucking way they got irish racism in season 6 of cobra kai

[thebrightestwitchofherage]

Hey just wanna ask, but you know of hibernophobia? Cos I came across an Irish jew blog (sanguine-pigeon) when they discuss the general anti-Irish sentiment in Jumblr

Honestly I understand and agree with their perspectives.

Hey! Not sure I completely understand, from my perspective , the general sentiment is that the Irish are very anti-Semitic. That is because of their recent anti-Jewish/ Israel behavior (prime ministers’ comments & actions etc).

I’ve actually visited Ireland before the war and it was fine, but even then you could see some strong anti-Israel sentiment and we didn’t feel 100% safe in big cities.

I wish they could see our similarities-we were also colonised by the British , we relearned Hebrew as a way of decolonisation … unfortunately, It feels like they’re projecting their anti-British colonialism history on this conflict, and view us as the colonists / enemy.

I obviously don’t have a problem with Irish people as a whole, I just feel like some of the rules and comments their officials made are problematic .

I Hope my message got across clearly… have a great day 🫶

[teagrammy]

#I can’t stand how people say ‘Christians and Catholics’ as if they’re two different religions (tags via @melancholicscoundrel)

It's so funny considering the Catholic Church arguably has the best claim to being the "original" church. Like yes, several of the Patriarch positions in the Orthodox church stem from the early church (such as the Patriarch of Alexandria), but it ultimately exists because they disagreed with the Bishop of Rome (Pope) about the nature of the Trinity and the authority of the Bishop of Rome. Which again, I think this whole misconception stems from the fact that most people from Protestant branches/backgrounds lack a basic understanding of the history of the church. Which is honestly a shame considering they have arguably the same breadth of theological scholarship as the Catholic Church (which I suspect is more prevalent in the Catholic Church due to almost every precedent and change in the church needing some sort of Biblical or saintly citation to support it). And of course there's a good dash of immigrant xenophobia piled on top of that, especially in the United States.

I think people on this website don’t understand the difference between Calvinist Puritan and Protestant. Whenever I see posts about the Protestant work ethic/Protestant values etc I’ve seen too many people go “I’m Methodist so this doesn’t count for me!” or “Well I’m Episcopalian so.” Even people like Presbyterians who ARE part of Calvinist sects say this, like babe, I’m gonna hold your hand when I say this…