GAA need to step up

Yes I am absolutely a product of my environment. I recognise that. Even Paisley in the end recognised that. Many don’t though. And I have never heard a republican say such words. They like to think they are simply right and everyone else is wrong.

just briefly for now.

WW1 is of as much significance in my community as the famine is in yours. I don’t think it’s useful to compare numbers of deaths - both were awful. While the decent people of these islands were trying to defeat nazism, republicans were stabbing us in the back.

as for there being no problem remembering or singing about hero’s and battles from 100 years ago - oh if only. Republicans have agitated for decades to stop our community remembering someone from over 300 years ago. Why is this different? I recognise these figures and events are sensitive- would you not agree?

you suggest sf aren’t trying to get rid of Britishness They go a step further they continue to lean on us brits to just leave

here are a couple of photos from just last week in my neighbourhood. Two are orange halls and one a home

the first one was requested by SF to be placed a the entrance to the orange hall the other two photos are how their less restrained supporters show the support to the cause. All happened within 10 days in a very small rural area

You will find I am fairly consistent. I would feel it inappropriate to name a sporting event after the parachute regiment and then expect a broad spectrum of nationalists to attend. And that is not to equate a legitimate army in the western world with a terrorist organisation that carries out its own justice - but I am recognising you may equate them.

You are not taking it in context. And I am not trying to paint myself at all - there would be little learning in that on a discussion forum. Certainly I know all the nice things to say to make you like me but I am, as always, just being honest.

Let’s take this little town as an example to give context.

the main interaction unionists knowingly had with Irish language over the last 50 years was when it was painted in slogans on our property or public walls, along with brits out, laughing at our dead, etc. the town has had an orchestrated campaign of sectarian attacks to drive out the unionists. To all intent and purpose it succeeded. Only one 96 year old man left in the town and he had his windows broke again around Xmas. That’s out of a population of approx 40% unionist in the early 70s. Every single unionist owned premises was bombed, homes attacked etc. I use to hear Irish shouted often as I ran for cover from the young republicans. I couldn’t spell it but I certainly knew what chuckie ar La meant at a very young age.

I don’t have to tell you what political party the perpetrators evolved into.

current situation is that there is a major memorial to the perpetrators in the town square, tricolours fly over the kids play park etc (and a memorial to the most notorious local Ira killer right at the entrance to the play park). There is a wave of Irish signage moving through the town 100% of which is requested by SF and a tiny proportion of local nationalists support them in the subsequent votes (but they don’t need many). There has been very significant damage to community relations with neighbours of decades falling out, and worse, but the push goes on to green the token. It is definitely going to lead to the final ‘cleansing’ of the town

it may surprise but I have supported several Irish language initiatives quietly under the radar It’s not my language and I have zero interest in it, but I completely supports its development by those that love it The people putting it on the signs are doing it’s development serious long term damage

that’s a bit of a ramble but context

I will take that criticism as not wholly unreasonable and will reflect on it.

can you tell me why is there such sustain for England in your people. You same to want the team beaten no matter who they play. You seem to enjoy knocking English people etc (I don’t mean you personally)

if England were playing Spain, who would you want to see win and why?

I’m not inflaming it. I am telling you how people feel. You are correct that it is the end of the street. Mind you the street does have two sides. I will say know more, but watch what happens next to see who has inflamed the situation.

That’s exactly the reason. I thought I explained that. We are well used to graffiti against our community. But when those in power over you decide to rub your noses in it then it’s much more offensive. They didn’t even consult with the membership.

I don’t completely disagree with you. But what doesn’t help is that there is definitely more of a feeling in republican/Irish/nationalist side that they are somehow on the side of right and were the only real victims. You hear it here when people like francie get so agitated if there is even a hint that some Irish people might acknowledge that ulster-British are also victims (and perpetrators).

there is a massive heavily funder sf pr machine trying to rewrite the past. Where else in the western world could a leader eulogise someone who burnt a young woman to death in front of her child. But Michelle O’Neil done it last week and we are supposed to get on board with their greening of ni including their Irish signs

no one I know has any problem with Irish music in bars, fleadhs; indeed Irish dancing is taught in several orange halls What people have a problem with is using the language to tag areas

do you realise that councils don’t have Irish sign policies as that would by successfully challenged as discriminatory They have dual language sign policy and my community can request ulster-Scot’s signs but we have worked very hard to resist this happening as it will just tag the areas as P or RC There have been hundreds of requests for signs and to this stage they have been 100% Irish and 100% from sf Does that not tell you who is agitating

Northern Ireland will never be absorbed and indistinguishable from the rest of Ireland (or Uk). It is just too different. The shinners are in pure fantasyland but they could manage to pull us back to conflict.