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I traveled to the city today and found the streets full of garbage from Mardi Gras and St Patricks. It looked like a street from India or Nigeria with trash and beer everywhere from the sidewalks to the lanes of the roadway itself. I got together with other whites that were disgusted at the situation and we at least cleaned up the main road way which is about a block.

It was insane to me that people claiming to celebrate a Saint’s day would leave a town in such a sorry state especially on a Sunday, when the parade took place. Although I am not sinless, I would assume its common sense not to behave like third world pagans on the Lord’s day. Christians should not be turning towns into India by being unruly and trashy like pagans who don’t care about their community or cleanliness. How offensive it must be for Saint Patrick to see his name used to spread filth and turn Christians into wild savages that can’t be discerned from an African negro?

I told my family what was happening and they said it shouldn’t be criticized because thats the whole point of Wearing the Green. Their logic is that you’re free to act that way because someone else will clean up the mess and there’s no consequences. I was absolutely *floored* but my family offers the “average” point of view as they often do what the average person does including getting the clot shot and boosters against my warnings. I think the saints would be appalled at such reasoning and seeing Christians become unclean beasts to celebrate a feast day.

And no, there will not be someone to clean it up because in the past garbage would remain 2-3 weeks after the parade and get into the rivers. You’ll find the beads and beer cans throughout the year. Even with the efforts of a small group today, there was still trash throughout the area and will likely remain there until it gets wash away in a storm.

But perhaps I am judging too harshly. I find this detestable and disgusting but it has been happening for years with little to no criticism from anyone else. I do not see why we should tolerate people turning our town into a third world dump and if they insist that’s “tradition”, they should be collectively forced to clean up their own mess or make their churches pay heavy fines.