Yet another example of “The Chain bathing suit”

The Common Places of Siliconía
1 min readAug 7, 2019

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https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/martina-anderson-spat-in-faces-of-victims-by-shouting-tiocfaidh-ar-la-1-9023058

“For her to shout ‘Tiocfaidh ar la’, no matter what she thought she meant, the reality is that is the words of the Provisional IRA, which butchered men, women and children.

“So for her to scream that out, she is spitting in the face of victims, and she must have known that.”

Look, I have absolutely no desire to play Padraig Plasteach Armchair IRA man from the Comfort of America. I’ve known too many actual Irish AND English Nationals, both Catholic and Protestant to believe in the old simple narratives that my Dad, and many other Boomer Irish Americans did, but -

Of course, THEY’RE the fucking victims. DUP cunts. Jesus Christ, this victimhood thing is getting out of hand when the Unionists are playing the victim.

This is EXACTLY the same behavior of the Trump folks. Which is no surprise. It’s the DUP.

American Politics is caught up in this weird arms race to the bottom where dueling Ethnic identities holler “I’m the victim.” “No I’m The Victim.” “No, I’m the Real VIctim.” But only one side has any actual historical truth to that claim. The other side made it up in the 1960s to win votes.

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