tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565177441726050969.post5650500149198902297..comments2024-03-24T13:49:13.609-07:00Comments on Heaven on Earth: Four Years Of Bad Jokes?Alan Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333151076795669224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565177441726050969.post-68206278102212818442017-02-04T04:19:31.629-08:002017-02-04T04:19:31.629-08:00Descent - although I am also a dissenting Scot-Iri...Descent - although I am also a dissenting Scot-Irish AmericanCielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281173939554596620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565177441726050969.post-78307889705595102972017-02-04T04:11:14.501-08:002017-02-04T04:11:14.501-08:00With rare exceptions, those folks do not cite thei...With rare exceptions, those folks do not cite their ethnicity as an influence nor does society view them as an ethnic group with foreign roots. Alan Gotthelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00838592905267132254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565177441726050969.post-73858072193221469142017-02-04T03:20:55.293-08:002017-02-04T03:20:55.293-08:00There is a discussion needed that is much too long...There is a discussion needed that is much too long for a comment on a blog about what it means to be of Scots-Irish Appalachian dissent. In addition to music, there is a food culture, a distinct way of speaking, family traditions that are as strong as those of other ethnic groups in the US and a displacement that was required by those in power back in the homeland. Just because it is a much larger group that has been in the US for a much longer time, and required a stop on the way over, does not reduce the significance of the ancestry.Cielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281173939554596620noreply@blogger.com