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Amaryllis

(9,524 posts) Thu Jan 11, 2018, 11:21 PM Jan 2018

Lawrence just said his parents came from Ireland, considered a shithole country... [View all]

lots of people on TV reporting shithole tonight. Lawrence said it's gonna be hard to parents to explain this to their kids. But isn't that the normal these days?

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Lawrence just said his parents came from Ireland, considered a shithole country... [View all] Amaryllis Jan 2018 OP

Seems so strange today, but when the Irish came in large numbers to the US Sophia4 Jan 2018 #1

They came in a wave during the Potato Famine, destitute, illiterate, starved, sick... Hekate Jan 2018 #8

So true. Some of my ancestors were indentured servants even as children. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #10

It wasn't a Potato, it was a TORNADO. OnDoutside Jan 2018 #12

My son gets it. cbreezen Jan 2018 #2

Im shocked how many people on tv are saying shithole with no censoring. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #3

Pure outrage! Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #4

Yes for once theyre as angry as we are. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #5

The Fourth estate Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #6

I certainly hope he finally crossed a line for them. He crossed it years ago for me. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #7

this is an occasion that calls for it Skittles Jan 2018 #11

The real shithole is Trump's mouth. nt Hekate Jan 2018 #9

Are his parents actually Irish proper or Irish-American? Sharpshooter007 Jan 2018 #13