A city in Florida has said it was forced to cancel its ⁠annual St. Patrick's Day Parade due to anti-diversity laws.

The city of Delray ⁠Beach has also cancelled its Pride event in 2027 due to a state law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits local governments from promoting or funding diversity initiatives.

The city said in a statement that restrictions ​under ⁠the law "include certain programming and activities designed or implemented with reference to ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity."

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[–] 16 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

As an Englishman, you're celebrating how your ancestors survived my ancestors killing you on sight for like 1000 years my dude.

Within living memory English soldiers would shoot newborn babies in the head for being Irish.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago

    I’ve got an American friend who married an Englishman and moved to England. She doesn’t do a lot of investigation on her own, and she had no idea why she and her husband encountered so many people in Ireland who were somewhat hostile to them- she thought it was just an unfriendly culture. She knew some things about the troubles and the famine, but not enough, and her husband told her the truth, but not explicitly enough for her to understand it (your comment is spectacular for that).

    I gave her a brief overview of only the history since the glorious revolution, and she didn’t believe it. She didn’t think I was lying, just misinformed, because it’s just so shocking. I pulled up a couple of articles corroborating it, and she nearly vomited after she finally accepted it, but that could just be because she’s from a town called Cromwell, named after the demon himself.

    I’m somewhat sympathetic, but as an immigrant myself, do your fucking research before moving to a new culture, even if you don’t need to learn a new language.

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