Saying shit like this is revolting and bigoted.
We've a bit of a mess over in Irish twitter now because a rake of dopey yanks have waded in and started saying mad shit about how travellers are white therefore they don't face the same kind of oppression they do.
Irish travellers face racialised, systemic, and rampant bigotry everyday. Your history and dynamics don't apply here lads, wading in and trying to apply that framework is a joke and makes you look like cunts.
Now, I know I don't have to worry about this shite here, most of you are sound and not libs, but it needs to be said. Some of the shite I'm seeing yerwan in the screen up there along with her lib cheering section saying about travellers is revolting.
First time I heard about those Travellers people I was really amazed, not because of their way of life, but because of the parallelism with Roma.
Also, is "tinkers" a slur?
Yank is a slur but Americans deserve it.
Rhymes with septic tank for a reason.
Y*nk
Yank is a slur for 'muricans? I'm gonna start using it more.
every southerner: wait am i based now
Yeah, it's not the worst one but I belive that it's considered very demeaning.
Oh,
Also also: how much can you really travel in Ireland? I mean the max distance is 489 km, in some few years you have been to every place.
There's a series of halting sites around thr country that they bop between. They also have annual festivals and gatherings. They also bop over to the UK frequently, dunno how brexit is gonna affect that.
A lot of travellers are settled these days, too
Similar to Roma yeah,
Exactly.
depends on the context
What if that context is the wheel of time
Eh, good question. It's an old term, back in R Jordan's day it would have just been the default
The wheel of time included travellers? I only read the first
Also, in Kingkiller Chronicle the Kvothe dude people was def Travellers
Ye they had a cool pacifist tribe that were cm inspired by nomad peoples