MLB Shop selling Mets cap with offensive Irish stereotype

Again, why does this cap exist?

I’m taking this nuclear now.  We are having this discussion people.  Would any of these be acceptable?

 

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That image and discussion via Clevescene.com.

Now, this is the part of the post where I get told that the Mets cap isn’t offensive.  How does that work again?  Do irish people walk around in green belt buckle caps any more than those of Chinese origin wear the headgear as depicted above?  Do all people of Irish descent have red hair and mustache-less goatees?

I do not want to see this on an actual New York Mets player this year.

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If the Mets would like to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day then here is a perfectly good uniform set they could wear.

One of only 5 such Murphy 28 jerseys known to exist to mankind.

 

5 Replies to “MLB Shop selling Mets cap with offensive Irish stereotype”

  1. Actually, I do walk around with red hair and sometimes have a mustacheless goatee. I own the cap. I would worry more about the ridiculousness of the St Paddy’s Day Parades all around the country then the cap.

  2. Are you serious? The difference is one is a LEPRECHAUN- definition: a mischievous elf of Irish folklore usually believed to reveal the hiding place of treasure if caught.
    So, if they put a white beard and Santa hat on Mr. Met, fat old white people would be similarly offended? 
     The other three are depictions of ACTUAL PEOPLE. 
     Please stick to whining about Matt Harvey and whatever the hell else this site has become.

  3. As someone who is Irish, has lived in America and knows a great number of Irish emigres in America, I can tell you with 100% certainty that you are dead wrong. First off, the Irish are not a marginalised group in American society and have not been for nearly a century. These stereotypes, as ubiquitous as they are, are not contributing to any social, economic or cultural impediments to the lives of Irish Americans. The perception of offense here has no basis in reality but rather is purely artificially concocted righteous indignation for righteous indignation’s sake. The truth is those stereotypes are as benign as they come. In fact, I think the greater calumny in all of this is being done by people like yourself Shannon against the proud Irish tradition of never taking oneself too seriously, one which I know is more important to most Irish than any of the officially sanctioned “respectful” traditions: celtic crosses, joyless rigid step dancing and masturbating over a dead language to name a few. As a friend of mine from Kildare but currently living in Seattle told me recently in relation to a similar crusade against Irish stereotypes, “I feel like being laid back and not caring about being the butt of jokes is one of Ireland’s greatest traits. I like my “Irish Yoga” and “Irish Drinking Team” t-shirts and I fear the
    day that it’s okay for an Irish American to come up to me and say my
    t-shirt is offensive.”

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