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Originally Posted by Cherie
During the troubles, I never felt unsafe in the UK, yes there were stupid people who said stupid things, or thought all Irish people were members of the IRA but in the main there were no issues, I think you lived here for a period of that time too? I don't think Jews in Britain or anywhere in the world no matter what their views feel 100% safe today
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Well, there's no such thing as visibly Irish.
I don't say that flippantly - I know accents are a thing and I know that people are and have been persecuted on the basis of an accent - but it's worth pointing out that there's an element of Othering that can only occur with race. A huge proportion of Britain has Irish blood somewhere in their past - not so with Jews/Muslims.
I can also tell you for a fact that the situation was not the same in the West of Scotland and there was lots (and lots) of sectarian violence ... but the whole place is bright Orange so that's unsurprising. One step away from National Front.