On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 3:58:02 PM UTC-10, Mike Duffy wrote:
> In the past, they held such, but now we all realize that the reason they
> didn't complain about those jokes was because they essentially were/are
> mature & self-confident enough not to be bothered by boors.

Mostly it's because there's a few of them and a lot of yoose. That's the reason people think that Polish-Americans enjoy a good pollock joke. Try telling a joke about how stupid the Poles are in a room full of Poles and see where that gets you. I'm guessing that would get you kicked out the door.