I'm sure I said somewhere in this thread, or somewhere on the site, that there were peaceful protests in Northern Ireland, but the media don't show them, either because of their own agendas or because peaceful don't make great front page headlines.
I'd watched the build up to the Belfast riots, and it was initially young men setting industrial bins alight, but where they were was ineffective it was just a show of disdain, mindless vandalism that would not have caused any bigger problems
However, someone had left a bus parked up not far away, and I'd suggest it had been left there on purpose or the driver was told not to move it. It was then the problems became organised, burning bins pushed up against the bus, against a block of flats.
Then the properties in a particular street got targeted, clearly protestant, I'd say again this was deliberate organised targeting. Much like the Palestinians in court today, in my view it's terrorism of the community. But let's get this right, it didn't just target people solely of colour.
Ireland is a complicated place, and there is more that goes on than the eyes see.
Rumours paramilitaries involved, i dismissed that. An MP whose life has been threatened, factual as confirmed by the police. Accusations that it's Sinn Fein pushing migrants North of the Border, see the SKY News video or Sly News as it was called for more info.
As always it uses the banner far-right, in my view there is way more than that going on. the right will get the blame, it will suit many to push it that way - but that's only what the eye chooses to see. Ireland has been a problem my whole lifetime.
Much like Welshie alluded today, I wish the whole lot of them would **** off and unite, I've had it to the back teeth with their problems, but feeling his stronger than you and I could imagine, so it's never going to happen in our lifetime...
Until the demographics change and when the demographics change, the divide is of no concern anymore, and I'd dare to wildly suggest that's a hard-line Republican dream.
It's not what you see on the surface, that's easy for you and I to see, I'd suggest it's what's going on with the layers underneath. Bit like how Starmer constantly likes to call out the far right, well of course he would, it suits the left for him to do that, especially with so much bad publicity around him.
Northern Ireland does not really have the left / right axis, of course there will always be racists, but it's more about the Unionists v Republicans. To be honest I ****ing hate the Unionists at a political level, much like I hate the EU, but I would never class them right wing.
While I support a United Ireland, I don't support the IRA or Sinn Fein, I listen and I probably want the same as them, but it does not make me blind to the unsavoury elements underneath.
Anyway in summary,
that video does not care about Ireland, it only cares about left v right, and that's where it falls flat on it's face for me. I just hope the presenters mother remembers to change his nappy.
Good try though Spurly, must try bettter 2/10 -
@Sucky 's going to have to teach you how to up your game.
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