Anti-British Xenophobia and Hatred in Ireland

It would be a bit difficult as I have no relatives among the nationalities you mentioned. Neither generalisations or cliches. Just memories from encounters there.

Certainly not intended to be either critical or particularly serious.

Your post adds nothing useful.

British Aerospace weaponry and rockets keep a hundred thousand British Jobs going, I suppose that's the difference.

I just hate rubbish politicians and leaders, end of, full stop.

And sadly, in these modern times we're living in, their numbers are legion across the board. Regardless of political persuasion.

But you can tell many people are not attacking some of these people based purely on what they see as bad decisions. There is that incessant need to go after the "other side". Left attacking right, and vice versa. People wanting desperately to identify themselves in a particular ideological tribe, and paint themselves as nothing like those "others" over there, with their backwards views etc.

We have some terrible politicians of our own in this country. But they get a free pass from certain people, because they happen to be a member of their particular tribe. Take Leo Varadkar as just one example. Here is an idiot, who seriously said (with a straight face), that he planned to double Ireland's population within the next 30-40 years. This is despite the fact, that we can't adequately take care of or properly house the population we actually have. This is the sort of hair-brained nonsense that should be called out by every intelligent free thinking person. But it doesn't - if he's on your ideological team, you give him a free pass and watch as he pilots the good ship Ireland spectacularly into the rocks!

Gobsh!tes like Varadkar shouldn't be in charge of a bingo hall, never mind a country.

But at least when we're floundering shipwrecked on those jagged rocks, you can console yourself with the silly notion that "your team" won and those horrible "others" lost. It's dumb, and I'll never really fathom why so many people get pulled in by this kind of stuff. I'll call out a bad idea where I see it, and recognize a good idea wherever and by whomever it comes - regardless of what team you claim to be on, or what agenda you think you're pushing.

To me, this way of behaving is counter-productive to society and a sign of someone who really shows themselves to be largely an unthinking tribalistic type of person. It's all just a big game where you win/lose. Points to be scored, and enemies to be vanquished. But we should not be enemies.

If you really need an adversary so badly in your life, why not pick something like cancer? Cancer hates all of us equally, and attacks us all indiscriminately. It cares not for your silly little tribalistic left/right games! ;)

The British get a bad rap because of the north, but it's a bit unfair. Sure, in a historical context they have been a disaster. But the English would love to be rid of it for at least 40-50 years and they look on unionism much as southerners do.

Anyway, English people are basically sound, much as Irish people. It is true that they don't have a huge understanding of their history. However a lot of Irish people don't either, Paddy was out conquering other countries in a British uniform. They joined the UK army for similiar reasons to their English peers.