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Ireland’s taoiseach has denounced anti-immigration comments made by Conor McGregor as the MMA fighter visited the White House before a St Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump.

McGregor said “Ireland is on the cusp of losing its Irishness” and that an “illegal immigration racket” was “running ravage on the country”.

Last week, Donald Trump singled out “Conor” – who last year was found liable for sexual assault after a civil trial – as one of his favourite Irish people.

Dressed in a green business suit to mark Ireland’s national day, McGregor was at the White House at Trump’s invitation and participated in an impromptu Q&A session with reporters. “There are rural towns in Ireland that have been overrun in one swoop,” he said, speaking in the White House briefing room alongside the president’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

He’s a total piece of shit

[–] [email protected] 30 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Who could have possibly thought that someone who beats the hell out of guys for a living would be a piece of shit damn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

There are a lot of super normal nice people who do mma.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

How many punches and kicks in the head before they aren’t nice and normal anymore though?

I know that bare knuckles are supposed to limit the velocity (and thus impact force) of punches, but it still seems unlikely it’s not doing any damage. Especially if heading a soccer ball is bad.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, there are a bunch of counterexamples. It definitely feels on-point with this one though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

True, but even some of the counterexamples have counterexamples of their past behavior. Concussions are complex brain injuries that can be (and often are) personality altering. Organized sports leagues, including MMA, will go to great lengths to make sure the transgressions of their star athletes are swept under the rug.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

Always has been and always will be.