@HeerJeet one of many wtf claims in Carlyle's vile "occasional discourses" was freed slaves would be reduced to the condition of Irishmen
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@dsquareddigest What didn't occur to Carlyle, & co. is conditions in Ireland ague against English claims of imperial competence
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@HeerJeet so does Peter Griffin reclaim the flag of specifically Irish caricature?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet This Thomas Nash cartoon gets both the pipe and the jawline - http://www.counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nast.jpg … -
@henryfarrell Nast was a great cartoonist but man was he an anti-Irish and anti-Catholic bigot. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet there was also a steady line in British racist cartoons into the 1980s - most notoriously this by Jak - http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/images/cartoons/douglas20.gif … -
@HeerJeet we somehow had a book of Jak cartoons in my house (popular Evening Standard cartoon) - there were plenty more where that came from
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@HeerJeet Any chance you'll write about Groundskeeper Willie for Robert Burns Day?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@itsWanda And the Homer-as-simian theme came full circle in the Bigfoot episode: http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/The_Call_of_the_Simpsons … -
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