learning that the fighting irish moniker is, in part, due to a large number of students beating the shit out of the KKK for trying to harass catholics back in the 20s was a history highlight for me - ThreadSky

loarider.bsky.social • 520 days ago

learning that the fighting irish moniker is, in part, due to a large number of students beating the shit out of the KKK for trying to harass catholics back in the 20s was a history highlight for me

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padrock.bsky.social•520 days ago

reminds me of my favorite george carlin joke: i feel like i should be mildly offended by "the fighting irish." you wouldn't name a team "the murdering italians."

gijack.was.holding.the.goatse.camera•519 days ago

Was it? Is there a source for this?

powerfromspace1.bsky.social•520 days ago

Oh my goodness 💪👏👏🇮🇪

mynameisjeff.bsky.social•520 days ago

As a USC fan, boo ND. As a black man, Hell yeah ND!

drsweetie.bsky.social•520 days ago

Two of my (Catholic) relatives were arrested for their suspected involvement in the burning of a Klan tent in Wisconsin in 1926. The case was eventually closed with no one serving any jail time. Here's the whole story: http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WiscKKK/RiverFalls/KlanEphem/reference/wi.klanephem.i0006.pdf

loarider.bsky.social•520 days ago

nice, thanks for the read! great family yah got there

sarahjansencom.bsky.social•520 days ago

What a great piece of family history to be proud of!

loarider.bsky.social•520 days ago

if you wanna hear about it, this was a blast:

https://youtu.be/mDB0gwbkojI?si=aDHMCXXOROfHBBKb

reject69187.bsky.social•520 days ago

Thank you, this is one of my favorite episodes @daveanthony.bsky.social

loarider.bsky.social•520 days ago

the dollop has taught me more about history (and had me following up on stories) more than any other source in my life. yeah, it's funny as hell, but the construction of the stories just... sticks! it's such a great podcast

reject69187.bsky.social•520 days ago

Same, episodes like The Business Plot are seared into my brain.

lizardky.bsky.social•520 days ago

Huh. Now I know! And knowing is half the battle!

noteom.bsky.social•520 days ago

loool is this serious?

loarider.bsky.social•520 days ago

yep, it's one of those facts you come on and say "wait WHAT" and then get to learn about a city-wide brawl where the KKK got fucked up by some college kids