Unionist/Orange/ Loyalist tradition/culture

[AQMP]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13635572

I see the organge order is still appealing to the lowest of the low within their society. Any chance of these numpties evolving

The fools, the fools....

[deiseach]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13635572

I see the organge order is still appealing to the lowest of the low within their society. Any chance of these numpties evolving

The fools, the fools....

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby - HL Mencken

[tbrick18]

The OO is an anti-catholic bigoted organisation....nothing more. They attempt to portray themselves as a religious organisation and promote themselves as a tourist attraction to win public favour and to ingratiate themselves with grants bodies so they can gain funding to continue to promote their bigoted ideals. The sad thing is with the way the 12th July is reported on across the media, any outsiders would not see the true ideals of the OO but instead see it as a festival type event.
What type of religious organisation would make a complaint about one of its members attending a funeral of a murdered police officer? Not a very religious ethic if you ask me.....in fact I would suggest the ideals of the OO are more anti-christian than they are pro-christian which is in direct contrast to how they portray themselves.
The fact that the Orange Order get funding which our taxes pay for is a travesty IMO. It amounts to nothing less than state funded persecution of Catholics. I dont ever see it happening here, but in any other civilised society this type of behaviour would not be tolerated and certainly not awarded money. Think KKK for example. I would put the OO on a par with them.
We can only hope that as younger generations emerge, this bigotry will become less and less tolerated and that eventually this disgusting organisation will cease to exist.

[orangeman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13635572

I see the organge order is still appealing to the lowest of the low within their society. Any chance of these numpties evolving

Anyone listening to talkback now is bound to be even more depressed. Shocking stuff altogether.

[Doogie Browser]

Rotten to the core

[Orior]

The OO is an anti-catholic bigoted organisation....nothing more. They attempt to portray themselves as a religious organisation and promote themselves as a tourist attraction to win public favour and to ingratiate themselves with grants bodies so they can gain funding to continue to promote their bigoted ideals. The sad thing is with the way the 12th July is reported on across the media, any outsiders would not see the true ideals of the OO but instead see it as a festival type event.
What type of religious organisation would make a complaint about one of its members attending a funeral of a murdered police officer? Not a very religious ethic if you ask me.....in fact I would suggest the ideals of the OO are more anti-christian than they are pro-christian which is in direct contrast to how they portray themselves.
The fact that the Orange Order get funding which our taxes pay for is a travesty IMO. It amounts to nothing less than state funded persecution of Catholics. I dont ever see it happening here, but in any other civilised society this type of behaviour would not be tolerated and certainly not awarded money. Think KKK for example. I would put the OO on a par with them.
We can only hope that as younger generations emerge, this bigotry will become less and less tolerated and that eventually this disgusting organisation will cease to exist.

The really sad thing is that some people try to compare the OO with the GAA.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

The OO is an anti-catholic bigoted organisation....nothing more. They attempt to portray themselves as a religious organisation and promote themselves as a tourist attraction to win public favour and to ingratiate themselves with grants bodies so they can gain funding to continue to promote their bigoted ideals. The sad thing is with the way the 12th July is reported on across the media, any outsiders would not see the true ideals of the OO but instead see it as a festival type event.
What type of religious organisation would make a complaint about one of its members attending a funeral of a murdered police officer? Not a very religious ethic if you ask me.....in fact I would suggest the ideals of the OO are more anti-christian than they are pro-christian which is in direct contrast to how they portray themselves.
The fact that the Orange Order get funding which our taxes pay for is a travesty IMO. It amounts to nothing less than state funded persecution of Catholics. I dont ever see it happening here, but in any other civilised society this type of behaviour would not be tolerated and certainly not awarded money. Think KKK for example. I would put the OO on a par with them.
We can only hope that as younger generations emerge, this bigotry will become less and less tolerated and that eventually this disgusting organisation will cease to exist.

The really sad thing is that some people try to compare the OO with the GAA.

Which seemed to be the tack taken by a few callers into talkback today!
Also Mark King (I think it was him) kept trying to link the actions of the OO to those of the Catholic church at every occasion, also on a few occasions linkied them to Muslim and Jewish religions - no one put it to him that these are religions with rules and the OO isn't a religion so wasn't comparable!

[ziggysego]

[deiseach]

Jaysus. Love the oh-so-subtle sash

[Milltown Row2]

Problem is if you are taught this from birth then it will always be there.

[Mike Sheehy]

superhero catchphrase "Well Heeeellllooo Daaahhlings....lets march !"