Why do we have to celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

[Anonymous]

It is a white people holiday so it needs to be canceled

[Anonymous]

Community service announcement:

No one is required to celebrate St Patrick’s Day unless they want to. It is actually a bigger deal for the Irish diaspora than for the Irish themselves.

Just celebrate whatever holidays are meaningful or fun to you …

[Anonymous]

I “celebrate” Christmas and thanksgiving. St. Patrick’s day I just wear something green lol.

[Anonymous]

You dont. I celebrate pie day on 3/14 and have pie for every meal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a white people holiday so it needs to be canceled

Is it?

I posted this here before and it was deleted. I imagine it will happen again. So much for supporting victims and believing women.

As a rape survivor, I don't find this funny, but evidently it's okay for people to date-rape drunk women, as long as they are white.

https://twitter.com/BrandonVDixon/status/181049423508422658

Brandon Victor Dixon
@BrandonVDixon
St. Patty's day weekend is like Christmas for black dudes who like white chicks. Happy holidays boys.
@reesewaters

#seasonsgreetings
12:08 PM · Mar 17, 2012

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a needed break between Pi Day and April Fools Day.

I don't understand pi day. Pi is an irrational number, why am I forced to celebrate it? /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those who don't want to wear green then wear orange and the world will know that you're a spoil sport and do boring people will go out of their way to avoid you

I don't get the orange talk. Is it offensive?

Orange represents the Protestants. Green was the Catholics. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrating the Catholic saint. But I sincerely doubt many people in the US a) care b) would know that orange represented anything.

Not Irish, but grew up in a somewhat Protestant area and recall kids wearing orange to school.

That would be offensive and intolerant in the extreme! Like a racist kid wearing red, white, and blue on May 5th.

Hang on, what is the socially acceptable color to wear on this culturally important celebration in Mayo?

Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday in Mexico, not a "cultural" one. If folks have allegiance to Mexico and want to celebrate its national holidays in a boisterous way here, they are thumbing their nose at Americans, so absolutely, I understand why kids want to wear red, white and blue to show their own allegiance. The school officials sending kids home over this were really out-of-line.

Would you go to China or Saudi Arabia or even Mexico and do a big Fourth of July celebration as an immigrant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those who don't want to wear green then wear orange and the world will know that you're a spoil sport and do boring people will go out of their way to avoid you

I don't get the orange talk. Is it offensive?

Orange represents the Protestants. Green was the Catholics. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrating the Catholic saint. But I sincerely doubt many people in the US a) care b) would know that orange represented anything.

Not Irish, but grew up in a somewhat Protestant area and recall kids wearing orange to school.

That would be offensive and intolerant in the extreme! Like a racist kid wearing red, white, and blue on May 5th.

Hang on, what is the socially acceptable color to wear on this culturally important celebration in Mayo?

Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday in Mexico, not a "cultural" one. If folks have allegiance to Mexico and want to celebrate its national holidays in a boisterous way here, they are thumbing their nose at Americans, so absolutely, I understand why kids want to wear red, white and blue to show their own allegiance. The school officials sending kids home over this were really out-of-line.

Would you go to China or Saudi Arabia or even Mexico and do a big Fourth of July celebration as an immigrant?

Erm. I'm confused. Have I missed something?

[Anonymous]

I’m 100% Irish and I’d love it if St. Patrick’s Day went away. The “holiday” we have today has morphed into an ugly mess of perpetuating negative and undeserved Irish stereotypes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you agree it's ok to call someone out for not wearing green on a holiday they feel no connection to? Weird.

I haven’t been called out for not wearing green since high school. How old are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those who don't want to wear green then wear orange and the world will know that you're a spoil sport and do boring people will go out of their way to avoid you

I don't get the orange talk. Is it offensive?

Orange represents the Protestants. Green was the Catholics. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrating the Catholic saint. But I sincerely doubt many people in the US a) care b) would know that orange represented anything.

Not Irish, but grew up in a somewhat Protestant area and recall kids wearing orange to school.

That would be offensive and intolerant in the extreme! Like a racist kid wearing red, white, and blue on May 5th.

Hang on, what is the socially acceptable color to wear on this culturally important celebration in Mayo?

Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday in Mexico, not a "cultural" one. If folks have allegiance to Mexico and want to celebrate its national holidays in a boisterous way here, they are thumbing their nose at Americans, so absolutely, I understand why kids want to wear red, white and blue to show their own allegiance. The school officials sending kids home over this were really out-of-line.

Would you go to China or Saudi Arabia or even Mexico and do a big Fourth of July celebration as an immigrant?

Erm. I'm confused. Have I missed something?

Yes, you did. Read above and then google kids being suspended for wearing shirts with the American flag to U.S. schools on Cinco de Mayo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

I have never celebrated it. If I actually remember the day, I wear orange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

I have never celebrated it. If I actually remember the day, I wear orange.

Yeah, go do that near an Irish pub and see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Valentine's Day is over...

I'm not Irish. I'm not into drinking. I'm so depressed that remembering to wear green on a random March day so coworkers don't comment is basically impossible. Why do we make such a big deal out of thing and why do we force others into acknowledging it? I can't really think of another holiday where you absolutely can't get away with ignoring it completely.

I have never celebrated it. If I actually remember the day, I wear orange.

Yeah, go do that near an Irish pub and see what happens.

The average Irish-American is unlikely to know what the orange stands for. Pretty much everyone else drinking in a faux-Irish pub in Arlington would have no idea, either.