Northern nationalists versus ?

[Orior]

I've never once objected to a single post about any victim/s of the Troubles, and this forum has been filled with them over the years

So why do you object?

The mindset it takes to write the bolded part there boggles

Sadly there is a concerted strategy by a certain breed of northern nationalists to dehumanise "themmuns" and dismiss crucial truths which threaten the narrative of Sinn Fein through the construction of a Putinesque world of ultra-cynicism whereby anybody who voices these crucial and inconvenient truths is vilified

The irony is that those who dismiss voices of others as having "cynical motive" are the very people who buy into that Putinesque world of ultra-cynicism themselves, and they cannot comprehend how anybody might actually look at things through such framings as basic right and wrong

The breed of northern nationalists I reference above claim to want honesty, but in practice, they want the exact opposite, they want the truth swept under the carpet

As a northern nationalist myself, I don't understand this post. Perhaps Syd could elaborate?

[GetOverTheBar]

I expect this thread to be fireworks.

[marty34]

Basically,

The 'old' IRA were noble freedom fighters.

The 'new' IRA were terrorists.

....and nationalists in the 6 counties should have just have accepted their fate after '69.

[Angelo]

Sid says it was ok to kill civilians in the 1920s.

[Rossfan]

Info note
Irish Free State went out of existence this date in 1937.

[Angelo]

Info note
Irish Free State went out of existence this date in 1937.

It will always be the Free State to me anyway.

[Dinny Breen]

Nationalism is a disease.

[sid waddell]

Nationalism is a disease.

I thoroughly agree

Plenty of posters here waaaay down that rabbit hole

[dublin7]

Nationalism is a disease.

I thoroughly agree

Plenty of posters here waaaay down that rabbit hole

Agreed. Amazing what can be justified in the the name of nationalism

[Milltown Row2]

This is the place to see the true colours of our Irish men. Ones that benefit from years of freedom and ones who still are under the rule of London..

All these Tit for tat posts will make good reading

[bennydorano]

Nationalism is a disease.

I thoroughly agree

Plenty of posters here waaaay down that rabbit hole

Agreed. Amazing what can be justified in the the name of nationalism

Is there a country in the world that isn't infected?

[sid waddell]

Nationalism is a disease.

I thoroughly agree

Plenty of posters here waaaay down that rabbit hole

Agreed. Amazing what can be justified in the the name of nationalism

The hilarious thing about Irish ultra-nationalists is their default reaction to any Irish person who disagrees with them is to deny that person's nationality

They genuinely think calling somebody a "West Brit" is an ace debating tactic rather than a demonstration of a paucity of argument

[Angelo]

The Free Staters showing shame is not something in their vocabulary.

[Milltown Row2]

Nationalism is a disease.

I thoroughly agree

Plenty of posters here waaaay down that rabbit hole

Agreed. Amazing what can be justified in the the name of nationalism

The hilarious thing about Irish ultra-nationalists is their default reaction to any Irish person who disagrees with them is to deny that person's nationality

They genuinely think calling somebody a "West Brit" is an ace debating tactic rather than a demonstration of a paucity of argument

Is it ok to disagree with someone or do we just follow your views?

[sid waddell]

This is the place to see the true colours of our Irish men. Ones that benefit from years of freedom and ones who still are under the rule of London..

All these Tit for tat posts will make good reading

Strange that, the Sinn Fein narrative here lately has been that the PIRA actually attained freedom for their people while the citizens of the Republic simultaneously languish without freedom under Fianna Fail and Fine Gael!

Now the narrative is the opposite!

Yis are fierce confused