Don't usually comment on this thread. Try to avoid our politics at all costs.
What an absolute embarrassment tonight.
What an absolute embarrassment tonight.
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davek
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She dialled that protest up - now she's backing off in feigned horror when it happened.
What utter dregs of society the 'unionists' are being led by.
Drumblue
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davek
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Vermin.
Kids throwing petrol bombs at buses, or setting fire to random cars that they’ve stolen, has nothing to do with politics or Brexit
they’re scum, get rid of them
The politics of NI and Brexit are a mess. But why use them as a reason for this happening? It’s scummy people doing scummy things.
they’re scum, get rid of them
The politics of NI and Brexit are a mess. But why use them as a reason for this happening? It’s scummy people doing scummy things.
I see scenes like that, and the videos of the people setting fire to cars and hauling people out of their vehicles before bombing them, and maybe it’s wrong, but I hate them. As in, despise them. They offer nothing, and they never will in life. Waste of air and resources. They’re horrid people.
dannyboy
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My girlfriend is from a Catholic town just outside of Derry and tbf to her she has called out any republican violence over the last few years. I genuinely think the majority of her generation want to move on from this. The problem is that there are also plenty that don't.
I walked around the Shankill last summer, it demonstrated to me how little I appreciated the feeling of hatred that still exists between the communities. It's very easy for us to sit here and pick sides or even sit on the fence based on our own allegiances, but between the Falls Road and the Shankill there will never be any agreement, which mean incidence like the last few nights will go on and on.
We didn’t vote for brexit.
If there was rioting in the streets of Liverpool, Glasgow or Cardiff there would be outcry, Boris would be there making the most out of a photo opportunity in front of damaged property laying down the law but because this is happening in Belfast and Northern Ireland it is meaningless because there are no votes in it.
He used the DUP when they held the balance of power in Westminster and once he didn’t need them he ditched them and this is the result.
We are witnessing the death throws of the United Kingdom fortunately Scotland we peacefully vote their way out but we in Northern Ireland will undergo a civil disturbance and innocent people will die in pursuit of an continued ideal of Britishness that no longer exists or a longing of an Irishness that never has been.
An absolutely disgraceful comment.
But the DUP won’t get rid of her over that.
In fact, that comment will strengthen her positio.
Drumblue
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Remember the 6 counties is 2 thirds of a province in Ireland nothing more, nothing less.
Unification is the only solution.
Ironically, it's such irrational hatred that fuels many of the issues in NI. Whether it's religion, politics or bloody football (any excuse really) it's almost dogmatic.
There's been a lot of improvement in terms of peace and relations over the past few decades, but right now numerous different factors are refuelling the fire.
As @dannyboy rightly says, it's easy for us to sit here and criticise but it's far more difficult for us to understand what is an issue of dogma, bigotry and fear.
The unionists know they're facing a downward trajectory, lack of support from Westminster and now a perceived betrayal by the PSNI - their go to for decades.
Now, we've got a growing sense of unrest from the nationalist communities, so the major worry is that they'll come to blows if the situation isn't resolved.
God, the marching season could be horrific.
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