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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not Irish and I hate the color green, so no. [/quote]

I wear orange, not catholic and Presbyterian. [/quote]

That is considered doubly offensive and you’re better wearing a different color, unless your aim is to be offensive.  [/quote]

Eh, that's a bit overblown and very much depends on where you are and how deliberately provocative you're being.  In the US, realistically no one's going to care that much.  If you're in, say, Derry it may be perceived as a very specific political message.  But it's not the 90s anymore either.
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My family is from the south and very much before th 1990s, and I was told absolutely no orange.  The prangemen didn’t just spring up in the 90s in Derry.  The association dates back to the 17th century and represents support for British unionism and Protestant supremacy in Ireland — so pretty antithetical to what most people who celebrate st Patrick’s day have in mind.  It’s like showing up to a BLM march with a “thin blue line” sign —  so even if you are very pro-union (British unionism for Ireland), st Patrick’s day is kind of a rude day to make that point.  [/quote]

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