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Regarding St. Patrick’s Day

Chicago FanMarch 17, 2012 10:40 amJune 3, 2022 10:58 am

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Celebrating St. Patrick’s day by dressing in green and getting puking drunk is like celebrating Martin Luther King Day by wearing blackface and putting on a minstrel show.

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