As far as I know, the Irish were once thought to be intellectually & genetically inferior, and in fact really did score lower on IQ tests.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Even when I was growing up (in the UK) it was common for British people to make fun of the Irish for being less clever than the English.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
:-o I did not see this. However, I did see a tendency to assume Catholicism and huge families! And drunkenness. :(
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Do you not remember the endless Irish jokes in which the Irish person's stupidity is revealed?
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Oh yes! The Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman walking into a bar. In jokes. Not an assumption actually made in reality.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
I would certainly agree that that cultural stereotype was there.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
No. Still white, straight, middle-class & male.
3:31 PM - 30 Nov 2016
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