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AIBU?

To be really offended and infact mighty pissed off!

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chubbymomie2012 · 30/07/2013 07:23

I have a beauty therapist who comes to my house to do waxing nails etc ( because i have 4 kids, saves me taking then all with me) she has only been coming a few months but last month she requested me as a friend on facebook so I accepted, she seemed nice enough.

Last night I was havng a flick through it when I saw a post she had on. It was a Photo of 4 Coke bottles. 3 bottles had girls names on them including Aoibhe and orlaith. Obvious Irish names. the fourth had the word Fenians on it. her comment was "Ha Ha True!"

AIBU to be insulted and to think even if she holds these bigoted outdated opinions, she is in a profession where she shouldnt be broadcasting them, and AIBU not to have her near my house again!

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 30/07/2013 07:26

Oh dear, she's a twat. At least you know now. YANBU

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MrsWolowitz · 30/07/2013 07:31

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 30/07/2013 07:32

It's a derogatory term for a Catholic

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NutcrackerFairy · 30/07/2013 07:33

I don't get it Confused

Is 'Fenians' an Irish name [hence it's appearance on a coke bottle]?

Or is it a term for something else, obviously it's insulted you and you say it's a bigoted term... so why would 'Coke' have it on their bottle???

Sorry, if I seem a bit thick but I am not originally from the UK and have never heard either the term or name 'Fenians' before. I have no idea what it means.

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MrsWolowitz · 30/07/2013 07:34

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MalcolmTuckersMum · 30/07/2013 07:35

I've never heard of that expression. In what context would it be used?

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MrsPresley · 30/07/2013 07:35

MrsWolowitz I think it's a derogatory term for catholics Sad

It used to be shouted quite a lot when I went to football matches with my ex DH 30 years ago, and sadly probably still is Angry

I'd imagine it's a spoof bottle

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NutcrackerFairy · 30/07/2013 07:35

Ah, X post with Mrs Wolowitz and Jamie.

But if it is a derogatory term for a Catholic why would Coke have it on one of their bottles?

And why did the Beauty Therapist post "Ha, ha, True!" about it? It doesn't make much sense to me.

Confused

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MalcolmTuckersMum · 30/07/2013 07:37

Or me Nutcracker. Was it some kind of spoof picture? I just don't get it - would someone with those names absolutely definitely be Catholic? Is this an Irish thing?

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MrsPresley · 30/07/2013 07:37

Sorry chubbymomie2012 should have said YANBU, as a non catholic mum to 4 catholic children, I would be livid at this!

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ThePowerof3 · 30/07/2013 07:37

Maybe she didn't know what it meant but wanted to seem like she did

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Roshbegosh · 30/07/2013 07:37

It isn't a derogatory name for a catholic, it is to do with Irish independence and associated in some minds with the IRA

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WipsGlitter · 30/07/2013 07:37

Well, she's a beauty therapist not the minister or equality so it's not like she's passing laws that affect equality. Just unfriendly her.

According o Wikipedia it's not insulting.

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claig · 30/07/2013 07:39

I don't understand it. But I don't think that Fenians is a derogatory term.

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Eyesunderarock · 30/07/2013 07:39

It was a term created by the Irish for the Fenian political movement, which believed in independence for Ireland through armed struggle.
It them became linked to the IRA and became an insult aimed at Irish Catholics.

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MalcolmTuckersMum · 30/07/2013 07:41

Thanks Eyes - and would those names automatically be connected with the word?

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chubbymomie2012 · 30/07/2013 07:41

Nutcracker. i suspect it is a photoshop job.
It used to bena derogatory term used for Catholics here in Northern Ireland and I think because 90% of the pple who live here have moved on it makes it even worse that some pple still use it.

her comment Ha ha true suggests to me she agrees. the Irish names are used to represent Catholics and indeed anyone with Irish roots or affiliations and shes saying they are all Fenians.

I am really shocked someone who deals with the publics has been so openly bigoted!

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 30/07/2013 07:41
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claig · 30/07/2013 07:41

I think some people use it as an insult, but presumably others don't. Is the Fein in Sinn Fein from the same word root as Fenian?

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bamboostalks · 30/07/2013 07:41

What offends you exactly?

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 30/07/2013 07:42

What's the Coke bottle thing about though?

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chubbymomie2012 · 30/07/2013 07:44

Wipsglitter and rosh take it from an Irish Catholic (a covert one at that) that it is most definately an insulting name.

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Eyesunderarock · 30/07/2013 07:44

The names are traditional Irish Gaelic names, so highly unlikely for a Protestant to be called that. For me, Fenian is an indication of political alliance, and linked to the past.

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 30/07/2013 07:45

chubby


All sorts of thickos deal with the public. If Not Being Prejudiced were a condition of working with the public there would be no doctors, nurses, taxi drivers, hairdressers, receptionists, etc etc etc etc

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WipsGlitter · 30/07/2013 07:45

I'm assuming you're assuming she's Protestant?

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