Word: anti-irish
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...through the Loop, each one labelled with a job his opponent already held, but his friends dissuaded him from such an exhibition. The Mayor then settled down to verbal abuse of Democrat Cermak. He called him "the biggest crook who ever ran for Mayor." He accused him of being anti-Irish, anti-German, anti-Polish, anti-Negro, anti-Catholic. He appealed for the support of "one hundred percenters" against "foreigners and hyphenaters" and in the next breath promised to "load the City Hall with Poles" if they supported...
Three classes of people annoy me greatly: the Irishman who is anti-English, the Protestant who is anti-Irish and the person who has nothing else to do but write to newspapers and periodicals. Qui potest capere, capiat...