Why, one wonders, does Hugh Muir illustrate his column on bigotry with an example from the Irish Republic showing citizens of the Irish Republic being unpleasant to a citizen of the United States?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/16/laugh-at-bigots-racist-tara-flynn
Perhaps he thinks the Republic of Ireland is part of the United Kingdom?
Perhaps he thinks all white people look the same and so no-one is going to notice that they are completely different nations with completely different societies and cultures?
It is ironic to see a writer pontificating on bigotry while at the same time unwittingly displaying his own bigotry.
And why was this not picked up by the Guardian's fact checkers?
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