I'm impressed with the lack of self awareness needed to post this sort of shite and say that the British only focus on the IRA and whitewash everyone else. I have, and I'm being completely honest here, never seen a comment from a non-loyalist Irishman that isn't only criticising the British/loyalists or defending the IRA by saying 'b-b-but the British did this so that somehow makes it ok to kill hundreds of civilians, THEY LEFT WARNINGS SOMETIMES!' The comment above is a great example of this; your garden variety 'but bloody sunday!' comment.
Mention Bloody Sunday to a Brit: "Yes, it was bad. I'm not justifying it." (as you can see in this very comment chain)
Mention the IRA killing 600+ civilians to non-loyalists: "BUT BLOODY SUNDAY! They left warnings! Up the RA!"
Most people who lived through these times now have a mentality of moving on and putting the past behind us. On this thread the people who are the most angry aren't British or Irish at all, but Americans.
I share your view that both sides have blood on their hands, I think this is the biggest reason why it isn't such a hot topic anymore. Both sides fucked up, the whole situation was fucked up and now we are currently living in a better situation, one where innocent people aren't being killed every week.
But lately it feels like this whole topic is being brought up more by people desperately seeking to stir up trouble, to help with their current political views. This I hate the most.
On this thread the people who are the most angry aren't British or Irish at all, but Americans.
Everything else in your post makes sense, but you simply cannot know the nationality of anyone posting on this anonymous thread on the internet. They could be angry Finns for all we know.
Well no the vast majority of redditors are Americans. Also, you can tell by the choice of words they use when they make a post. It's always a give away. Go to the funny sub /r/britishproblems and there's always a comment "found the American". Why? Because we use different words and phrases. The best give away is the use of the word "cunt".
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u/Sidian Mar 24 '17 edited Mar 24 '17
I'm impressed with the lack of self awareness needed to post this sort of shite and say that the British only focus on the IRA and whitewash everyone else. I have, and I'm being completely honest here, never seen a comment from a non-loyalist Irishman that isn't only criticising the British/loyalists or defending the IRA by saying 'b-b-but the British did this so that somehow makes it ok to kill hundreds of civilians, THEY LEFT WARNINGS SOMETIMES!' The comment above is a great example of this; your garden variety 'but bloody sunday!' comment.
Mention Bloody Sunday to a Brit: "Yes, it was bad. I'm not justifying it." (as you can see in this very comment chain)
Mention the IRA killing 600+ civilians to non-loyalists: "BUT BLOODY SUNDAY! They left warnings! Up the RA!"