On a recent internet blog, I read a truly alarming article regarding the hunting of American tourists. The article was advocating the killing of American tourists as though they were animals simply because of the way they look.
This type of hate mongering is nothing short of racism and shouldn’t be tolerated in a civilised society. Americans have been discriminated, repressed and ridiculed for years by the European fashion (or fascist) elite because of the clothes they wear, the food they eat or the way they pronounce French words.
What do these people care whether Americans prefer a big Mac to a Bolognese when on holidays in Rome. What’s it to them whether Americans wear “I’m with stupid” t-shirts and Bermuda shorts to a Paris Michelin star restaurant.
Why should they give a feck if Americans are always complimenting Irish on how well they speak English. What harm is it that Americans believe Dublin is in England or London was named after London Illinois.
These are simple mistakes any one could make. It’s time Americans stood up and said NO to this kind of Nonsense.
(Written by an American tourist who’s been dodging bullets in Ireland for the past seven years.)
January 29, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Oy! Don’t blame me for this. It was Bush who started it all after the Twin Towers thing. He’s the one who called for a War on Tourism, and declared that Tourists should be eradicated from the face of the earth. Remember his “if you’re not with us, you’re against us” speech? I’m only doing my little bit.