No Leprechauns, Shamrocks, Shillelaghs, Or Truth From Connolly or Mamdani—Just Disrespect And Lies.
Democrats and woke liberals are very consistent about certain things. If you put a person in front of them, or even worse, any kind of crowd, they can’t help but spew their blame and hatred.
Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated on March 17 to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who brought Christianity to the country in the 5th century. Originally a religious feast day, the celebration has evolved into a global event that highlights Irish culture. Traditions now include parades, wearing green clothing, drinking green beer, and dyeing local rivers green.
It’s a day of fun, filled with people speaking in exaggerated Irish accents, enjoying pastrami on rye, bangers and mash, and corned beef and cabbage. While these celebrations might seem trivial compared to past St. Patrick’s Day festivities, they still represent a celebration of Irish culture.
That’s more than the President of Ireland could achieve. Catherine Connolly is such a dyed-in-the-wool leftist that in her first address regarding this day of celebration, she manipulated the narrative to justify immigration, whether legal or illegal.
St. Patrick was a Roman who lived in Britain but was captured by raiders and taken to Ireland as a slave. After he escaped from Ireland and became a Catholic priest, he had a dream in which he saw the people of Ireland calling out to him for help. Motivated by this vision, he returned to Ireland and successfully converted the Irish people from paganism to Christianity.
Still, that story doesn’t fit Connolly’s agenda. Facts needed to be distorted, and untruths and disrespect of the Patron Saint needed to be woven through the story. She didn’t even have the decency to refer to him as Saint Patrick; on four occasions in her twisted tale, she simply calls him “Patrick.”
“The story of Patrick’s life serves as a reminder of the resilience and courage of migrants, the invaluable contributions that they have made, and continue to make, to the countries they now call home, sometimes even in the face of great adversity.”
“Patrick’s story speaks not only to the Ireland of the 5th century, but to the millions still subjected to trafficking, forced labor, and displacement today.”
“As we recall the life of Patrick, we invoke his spirit and acknowledge our shared responsibilities as global citizens.”
“We stand in solidarity with those who find themselves in vulnerable and dangerous circumstances.”
“Patrick’s story invites us to respond with hospitality and kindness to those suffering the consequences of war and displacement, those fleeing their countries because of persecution or violence.”
Hot on the heels of Connolly’s disrespectful dissertation, it was New York’s Communist mayor’s turn to bring up some of his favorite talking points, which had nothing to do with celebrating the Irish people or Irish Americans. At a breakfast honoring Irish New Yorkers, it was obvious that Mamdani only had Palestine on his mind. After praising former Irish President Mary Robinson for her record on human rights and her support for Palestinians, Mamdani launched into his manifesto.
“I say this as over the past few years, as we’ve witnessed a genocide unfold before our eyes, there has been a deafening silence from so many. For those who have long cared about universal human rights and the extension of them to Palestinians, silence, however, is nothing new – for Palestinians are so often left to weep alone. Yet former President Robinson has never been silent.”
Mamdani then tried to tie Irish history to that of the Palestinians, but failed miserably.
“Who can better understand those who weep than those who have been made to weep for so long?”
“The story of the Irish, both in Ireland and in New York City, is at one time a story of oppression, of subjugation, and of discrimination.”
Nice attempt, but there is a significant difference. The Irish, like the Italians and the Polish, as well as every other group of immigrants who came here legally, naturally experienced periods of adjustment.
During those periods of adjustment, some individuals were probably less accepting; that is part of human nature. However, those immigrant groups actively sought to assimilate, and that resilience led to their acceptance.
Many Muslims view the United States as a place to exploit, rather than to integrate into, seeking to impose their beliefs on Western culture.
Even the Muslim mayor of New York couldn’t resist the chance to promote his agenda. On a day of celebration, neither the Irish president nor the mayor of New York could refrain from pushing their woke agendas, even for a single day.
The steady stream of propaganda is not only unceasing but, in many cases, illogical. The story of St. Patrick serves as a prime example of how politically correct leaders often attempt to project their own self-inflicted struggles onto everyone else.
