Irish slaves?

by smach650

So I keeps seeing more of my more racist Facebook "friends" posting about how the Irish were slaves and somehow it's comparable to African slavery. Now I know there were Irish slaves and they were treated unjustly. And I also know for sure that comparing these types of slavery is completely insane. What I want to know is where does this argument come from and why is it nonsense. Sorry if this post is confusing.

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Here is a previous post on this topic by one of our flairs which you might find helpful.