@AceofSpadesHQ Okay, let's take this step by step. Would you consider an Irish Catholic to be white.
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@AceofSpadesHQ Okay, let's narrow it down. Do you consider Gerry Adams, Sinn Féin leader, to be white?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AceofSpadesHQ Now, you understand that historically, in 19th century, Gerry Adams would not be considered white, do you?3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@HeerJeet@AceofSpadesHQ You've never read any of the Patrick O'Brian novels, have you?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VioletMamba@AceofSpadesHQ I've read the first one. It was okay. O'Brian is a novel writer, not a historian.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@AceofSpadesHQ He wrote a biography of Joseph Banks which is considered definitive & his expertise on the Napoleonic period 1/2..1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VioletMamba@AceofSpadesHQ Again, I'll trust historians who write actual history books with evidence over a novelist, however fine.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@AceofSpadesHQ The Irish were obviously considered white. You're conflating "white" with "privileged". Beyond tendentious.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@VioletMamba @AceofSpadesHQ Not at all obvious. See here for some context: http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Became-White-Routledge-Classics/dp/0415963095 …
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