Are Hispanic people like Tacos?

[jimboston]

People all just need to chill.

She wasn’t trying to be mean… she was trying to acknowledge that they’re a very diverse group.

Are Taco’s all identical or are they different? So people put rice in Tacos, some use plain tomatoes others salsa, my daughter likes cheese but I prefer sour cream. Some people like hard shells, some soft… I’ll skip the shell entirely and just go for the salad. When you account for all the variations of spices, toppings, shell types, etc… the possibilities for what makes a “taco” a “taco” are enormous. I think her analogy is valid.

If someone said “You Celtic peoples are very diverse… like for example how there are many variations of beer.” I wouldn’t be offended. (Though I would think they were mistaken as I don’t think we’re very diverse.)

Stereotype confirmed!

Your last name is McGee… unless it isn’t.

Also… Philadelphia likely has a higher percentage of Mc’s than Boston.

Also… It really depended how you define Boston… you talking Boston Proper or Boston Metro Region.

Really let’s be clear with our stereotypes.

[mookiemcgee]

I'm just gonna play into the stereotype that JimBoston is Irish.

If someone said “You Celtic peoples are very diverse… like for example how there are many variations of beer.” I wouldn’t be offended.

Really let’s be clear with our stereotypes.

You have Boston in your name, and you just confirmed you are Irish... what exactly was unclear?

Is saxi right that you have an odor? I'm only half Irish, and I'm pretty stank on a hot day.

[jusplay4fun]

People all just need to chill.

She wasn’t trying to be mean… she was trying to acknowledge that they’re a very diverse group.

Are Taco’s all identical or are they different? So people put rice in Tacos, some use plain tomatoes others salsa, my daughter likes cheese but I prefer sour cream. Some people like hard shells, some soft… I’ll skip the shell entirely and just go for the salad. When you account for all the variations of spices, toppings, shell types, etc… the possibilities for what makes a “taco” a “taco” are enormous. I think her analogy is valid.

If someone said “You Celtic peoples are very diverse… like for example how there are many variations of beer.” I wouldn’t be offended. (Though I would think they were mistaken as I don’t think we’re very diverse.)

Well, for some reason, Dr. Jill Biden issued an apology:

First lady Jill Biden apologizes for comparing Hispanics to tacos during Texas visit
Comment meant to celebrate diversity in San Antonio didn’t go over well.

WASHINGTON — First Lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday for comparing the diversity of Hispanics to that of breakfast tacos, a comment that drew widespread ridicule, and not just from Republicans eager to embarrass the White House.

“The diversity of this community – distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio – is your strength,” she said Monday at a conference of UnidosUS, a major gathering of Latino advocates and leaders. “And yet, it’s when you speak with one voice – unidos – that you find your power.”

Unlike some of her husband’s most cringeworthy bloopers, the taco comment was scripted – included in the prepared text released by her office before she began speaking at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/07/12/first-lady-jill-biden-apologizes-for-comparing-hispanics-to-tacos-during-texas-visit/

Later, in the same article, cited above:

“Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity,” the National Association of Hispanic Journalists said in a statement. “We are not tacos. Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by a variety of diasporas, cultures and food traditions, and should not be reduced to a stereotype.”

[mookiemcgee]

“Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity,” the National Association of Hispanic Journalists said in a statement. “We are not tacos. Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by a variety of diasporas, cultures and food traditions, and should not be reduced to a stereotype.”

I guess he's more of a Burrito guy

[jusplay4fun]

“Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity,” the National Association of Hispanic Journalists said in a statement. “We are not tacos. Our heritage as Latinos is shaped by a variety of diasporas, cultures and food traditions, and should not be reduced to a stereotype.”

I guess he's more of a Burrito guy

I think more than one guy felt insulted.

And ON TACO Tuesday, NO Less...!!

[mookiemcgee]

What the strangest Hispanic/Latino you guys have ever eaten?

For me it was Huitlacoche

[jusplay4fun]

What the strangest Hispanic/Latino you guys have ever eaten?

For me it was Huitlacoche

Why do people eat huitlacoche?

As far as the healthfulness aspect is concerned, huitlacoche offers more protein than regular corn and has high amounts of lysine, an essential amino acid not found in normal kernels.

[saxitoxin]

Even the Young Turks are dismantling "Dr." Jill for the Taco remark [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09200PtBnE]!

But Jim has never found a Biden family scandal he can't apologize for or minimize. Joe Biden could shoot 14 children in the middle of the street and Jim would find a way to explain why it wasn't as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. Jim is BLUE MAGA.

[saxitoxin]

What the strangest Hispanic/Latino you guys have ever eaten?

For me it was Huitlacoche

Mine were the new Taco Town tacos.

[bigtoughralf]

“You Celtic peoples are very diverse… like for example how there are many variations of beer.” I wouldn’t be offended.

Is that because you're American?

I wouldn’t be offended because taking offense at something so trivial is ridiculous.

Right, you think the stereotype that Irish people are drunks is trivial and inoffensive because you are not Irish.

[jimboston]

I'm just gonna play into the stereotype that JimBoston is Irish.

If someone said “You Celtic peoples are very diverse… like for example how there are many variations of beer.” I wouldn’t be offended.

Really let’s be clear with our stereotypes.

You have Boston in your name, and you just confirmed you are Irish... what exactly was unclear?

Is saxi right that you have an odor? I'm only half Irish, and I'm pretty stank on a hot day.

No particular odor that I’m aware of… but I bathe regularly so perhaps that’s your problem.

Please refer to me as O’Boston going forward.

[jimboston]

What the strangest Hispanic/Latino you guys have ever eaten?

For me it was Huitlacoche

I’ve never eaten any Hispanic/Latino…. though I have had a Latina.

[jimboston]

Even the Young Turks are dismantling "Dr." Jill for the Taco remark [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09200PtBnE]!

But Jim has never found a Biden family scandal he can't apologize for or minimize. Joe Biden could shoot 14 children in the middle of the street and Jim would find a way to explain why it wasn't as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. Jim is BLUE MAGA.

You see… this type of distraction is something only Democrats have to deal with.

In the new Woke world, you make an analogy of any kind and you’re gonna offend SOMEONE. The problem is the Extreme Left just loves to attack and point out these ridiculous “offenses” as-if they are some high crime. So Left-Center politicians are forced to apologize or else risk offending their base.

I don’t think the Extreme Left would even bother getting offended if Trump or other Right leaning politicians made a similar comment… because they know their crying would fall on deaf ears. Yet with Jill Biden they know they can bitch and make her jump through hoops to apologize. It’s all a bullshit sideshow distraction.

Extreme Right people don’t seem to get hung up on bullshit like this. Evangelical “Pro Life” advocates and their allies have been fully focused on the big picture. Trump can get divorced, have affairs, lock up babies…. THEY DON’T CARE… they knew he’d deliver in The Court and so they bite their lips and keep pushing to the main goal.

Now if you try to be open minded and say something like “I respect gay and lesbian rights”, people on the Extreme Left are offended… “do you mean LGBTQ+ rights? We need to be inclusive.”. It’s fucking impossible to keep up with the ever changing language. They claim they want “inclusivity” but then you get excluded the moment the group-think mind has decided you offended someone and you’re not “liberal enough”.

The Right is much smarter in many ways, and it’s why they have had successes even though (most of) their ideas are in the minority.

[jimboston]

“You Celtic peoples are very diverse… like for example how there are many variations of beer.” I wouldn’t be offended.

Is that because you're American?

I wouldn’t be offended because taking offense at something so trivial is ridiculous.

Right, you think the stereotype that Irish people are drunks is trivial and inoffensive because you are not Irish.

OK.

I mean… you’re technically correct I’m not Irish. I’m American.

As for my ‘ethnicity’ or heritage…

I don’t take offense because I have thicker skin than that. Period.

I do often laugh at many of the stupid things people get offended by… like pro sports franchise names or college mascot names.

Native American names offend a lot of people. I can understand how ridiculous cartoon images (like the old Cleveland Indians logo) might offend… I wouldn’t be leading the charge to bitch about it, but I can understand. I can understand how some names, like “Red Raiders” might offend. I can’t understand how names like “The Chiefs” would offend.

If “The Chiefs” is offensive then the LA “Kings” should also be offensive.

Then there are tons of names that don’t seem to offend anyone, but are just as bad as those Native names…

*Notre Dame “Fighting Irish”… ridiculous cartoon image plus offensive name…. implies Irish people just want to fight.

*Boston “Celtics”… ridiculous cartoon image and name/heritage appropriation.

*Freeburg, IL High “Midgets”… apparently this name is too funny to change and though obviously offensive no one is really afraid of a midget uprising so no one cares to change the name.

*Ole Miss “Rebels”… don’t we hang Rebels? I mean if they were talking about the “Rebel Alliance” fighting the Evil Empire I guess it’s ok. Of course those they’re still The Rebels they’ve retired the “Colonel Reb” mascot, so a win I guess?

*I guess some people are offended by George Washington University and their “Colonials”? I guess you get rid of the “Colonials” mascot name first, and then in a decade you can go back and be offended by the fact that school is still named after that notorious slave-holder George Washington?

*Syracuse University “Orangemen”… name of well known anti-Irish Catholic hate group from 1800’s America.
-> Correction bowing to Woke bullshit Syracuse has renamed their teams to “Orange” and their mascot is “Otto the Orange”.
Lame. They are “super progressive” though… it appears they did this all they way back in 2004. LOL
-> Double correction… though the racist hate group “The Orangemen” operated in upstate New York in the 1800’s persecuting Irish Catholics… and though this group was named after “William of Orange” from the UK…. apparently the people in NY were actually trying to insult Native Americans, and ‘the Orangemen’ team logo was actually referring to Native American skin tone. I think they maybe were progressive for their time and recognized that Native American skin tone is more orange and less red?
-> Point of clarification. The name does not and never did refer to a coming horde of Donald Trump clones. That said, I am writing a movie script title “Attack of the Orangemen” which is based in an alternate reality in which Trump had himself cloned and his clones come en masse to DC on January 6, 2021.

I was just googling… I know my college changed its’ mascot back in 1991-92? bowing to pressure from a few crazy libs. Obviously many others have done the same. The funniest I think may be… Nebraska Wesleyan University, their mascot is now the Prairie Wolf; previously it was the HIGHLY OFFENSIVE “Plainsmen”.

[Maxleod]

No particular odor that I’m aware of… but I bathe regularly so perhaps that’s your problem.

Please refer to me as O’Boston going forward.

Bathing is filthy (you're basically bathing in your own filth). That's why you stink. Try showering instead, it's way better.

[2dimes]

Nice wall of multi posts JimO'Boston4finn.

Who doesn't love tacos?

[bigtoughralf]

though the racist hate group “The Orangemen” operated in upstate New York in the 1800’s persecuting Irish Catholics

Oh now I see why you think the Orange Order is about aggression. You're not aware of the organisation founded in Ireland to protect Protestants, you're only aware of its adoption by Americans who immediately twisted it into some sort of sectarian street gang.

America is like Midas except everything it touches turns to fascism. I'm honestly surprised the American dub of Pokémon didn't just change half the dialogue to Brock being repeatedly called the n-word.

[jimboston]

Nice wall of multi posts JimO'Boston4finn.

Thanks… glad you appreciate my work.

Who doesn't love tacos?

I don’t know. I mean, you don’t have to love all Taco’s*… but if you don’t like some Taco’s then you have a problem IMHO**.

*As an Irish-Catholic breed individual from Boston my mother boiled EVERYTHING***, so I only developed a taste for spicy-stuff later in life. As such my body can’t tolerate the very spicy options many people love, so I tend to prefer “medium” levels of spices in my ethnic foods.

**IMHO is not really accurate as I’m not very humble in my opinions. Perhaps I should say IMO?

***My mother didn’t boil everything, but she did boil may\ny meats and vegetables till they were flavorless; and was skilled at roasting most cuts of meat till they were dry an card-board like.****

****I hope this comparison is not offensive to anyone in the cardboard manufacturing industry. Cardboard has many great uses and adds much value to society. It’s just not tasty and would not be considered a great source of protein.*****

*****I am not a doctor or certified and licensed health expert and so my comments about what is or isn’t a good source of protein should NOT be taken as health advice. Please consult your Physician if you need advice on your best dietary choices.******

******I recognize that it all people do not have equal access to food and therefore may not have actual “dietary choices” when it comes to what they consume. Please know that my comment was not meant to offend anyone who is forced to eat cardboard (as it’s their only option)…. NOR is my comment meant to offend anyone who chooses to eat cardboard, either as a lifestyle choice.********

*******I apologize for using the word “choice” here again… as some may choose to eat cardboard as a lifestyle preference and others may eat cardboard not as a “choice” per se, but rather as a innate drive of their being that they do not choose and would choose otherwise maybe if they could.

[jimboston]

though the racist hate group “The Orangemen” operated in upstate New York in the 1800’s persecuting Irish Catholics

Oh now I see why you think the Orange Order is about aggression. You're not aware of the organisation founded in Ireland to protect Protestants, you're only aware of its adoption by Americans who immediately twisted it into some sort of sectarian street gang.

America is like Midas except everything it touches turns to fascism. I'm honestly surprised the American dub of Pokémon didn't just change half the dialogue to Brock being repeatedly called the n-word.

Same difference…. you can say they were defending Protestants, and I say they beat up Catholics.

Are you saying these are mutually exclusive actions?

[saxitoxin]

No particular odor that I’m aware of… but I bathe regularly so perhaps that’s your problem.

Please refer to me as O’Boston going forward.

Bathing is filthy (you're basically bathing in your own filth). That's why you stink. Try showering instead, it's way better.

BINGO

[bigtoughralf]

though the racist hate group “The Orangemen” operated in upstate New York in the 1800’s persecuting Irish Catholics

Oh now I see why you think the Orange Order is about aggression. You're not aware of the organisation founded in Ireland to protect Protestants, you're only aware of its adoption by Americans who immediately twisted it into some sort of sectarian street gang.

America is like Midas except everything it touches turns to fascism. I'm honestly surprised the American dub of Pokémon didn't just change half the dialogue to Brock being repeatedly called the n-word.

Same difference…. you can say they were defending Protestants, and I say they beat up Catholics.

Are you saying these are mutually exclusive actions?

Depends. Are you saying you think Catholics are an inherent threat to Protestants and that any attack on a Catholic should be treated as self-defence?

[saxitoxin]

“You Celtic peoples are very diverse… like for example how there are many variations of beer.” I wouldn’t be offended.

Is that because you're American?

I wouldn’t be offended because taking offense at something so trivial is ridiculous.

Right, you think the stereotype that Irish people are drunks is trivial and inoffensive because you are not Irish.

OK.

I mean… you’re technically correct I’m not Irish. I’m American.

As for my ‘ethnicity’ or heritage…

I don’t take offense because I have thicker skin than that. Period.

Someone who may have had an ancestor from Ireland hundreds of years ago can't claim to have an equivalent right of offense over an abstract slur as someone who actually faces the real-world consequences of those slurs in the form of violence and discrimination. An American citizen of nominal Irish descent has less claim to Éire than a person born to Turkish grandparents who immigrated to Belfast and who lives there now.

Historical American groups like the Hibernians had a legitimate interest in Ireland as they were transient emigrants and intended to return and take the place over. But someone living in Brookline who may go for a holiday there every couple years can't claim any interest beyond tourism or idle curiosity. Tourists can't legitimately claim any special offense toward attacks on the places they tour.

[saxitoxin]

That said, make no mistake, I like Ireland in the same way I like an aquarium. It's pretty to look at but no sane person would legitimately expect the goldfish to take care of, or run, the aquarium on their own. You don't ask goldfish to clean their own tank or go out and get their own food.

I'd probably refrain from saying that to an Irishman, but I wouldn't care if I said that to an American who claimed some historical connection to Ireland.

[saxitoxin]

Of course, 90% of the issue - when it comes to Ireland - was created by Ireland itself. They relentlessly market this genealogical fantasy to the United States in a way no other country does.

For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gathe ... eland_2013

On top of that, you have a big problem with illegal immigrants from Ireland to the United States with visa jumpers. But because people consider it charming no one is willing to kick them out or aggressively round them up in the same way we do Salvadorans or Nicaraguans, which is unfortunate.

[bigtoughralf]

That said, make no mistake, I like Ireland in the same way I like an aquarium. It's pretty to look at but no sane person would legitimately expect the goldfish to take care of, or run, the aquarium on their own. You don't ask goldfish to clean their own tank or go out and get their own food.

I'd probably refrain from saying that to an Irishman, but I wouldn't care if I said that to an American who claimed some historical connection to Ireland.

No you already went in to bat with earnest, too late to row it back now.

saxi loves Ireland yayayayay