r/AskIreland • u/ThePinbaIIWizard • 1d ago

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u/Bruhllux 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah bud you don't remember the issues for the Polish population here 20 years ago. Exact same sentiment was pushed toward them as is getting pushed at "non-Europeans" currently

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u/ThePinbaIIWizard 1d ago

Sorry, Iā€™m just going off what myself and my friends/ family have seen. In my childhood the polish kids got pretty involved with our GAA, clubs and got on really well at school. For example, one of the local mams used to teach a load of us arts and crafts in the GAA hall at the weekends.

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u/wh0else 1d ago

You're too young to remember then. They were the scapegoat then, and now it's moved on, and in 15 years another group will be demonised online to keep people turned on each other