Not really no.

Irelands position is an embarrassment. As it always has been.

The only side that wants to commit mass genocide are from the Palestinians / Hamas. They are the ones singing and chanting about mas genocide of the Jews and Israel. Israel are defending themselves just like the US did after 9/11.

I’m a son of two Irish parents with immediate family still living there and numerous trips over a year, so that’s not really accurate - I wouldn’t claim to be an expert but certainly have had plenty of exposure to the place and the culture.

I also don’t really understand the assertion that if I knew what Ireland is really like, I would have a different view on this topic.

I don’t think it’s complicated as to why the Irish are generally very sympathetic to oppressed peoples. Again, hardly anyone ‘supports terrorism’, but the Irish do tend to have a better understanding of how people end up taking such extreme measures when they spend decades under occupation and oppression. (I think in reality everyone understands that these type of movements by oppressed peoples will inevitably become more and more extreme, but we have to pretend we don’t and that they’re just wild, blood-thirsty terrorists who enjoy killing for the sake of it.)

How can it be an embarrassment to the rest of the world, as you have claimed, when they’ve simply now stated a position in line with the majority of the rest of the world? You mean an embarrassment to the US and U.K. surely.

Again, the bit in bold is demonstrably untrue, and you’re saying it either through ignorance or dishonesty.

This is rich from someone who can’t type in full sentences.

I guess at the end of the day the reality of the atrocities committed by Hamas is too much to stomach for some people and they turn a blind eye.

This sounds all very tightrope to me.

So what do you say to the English people who say they have been pushed out of parts of England by invading ethnicities?

When the British went into NI in the seventies it was to protect Catholic families from unionists. The British weren't going into Eire and oppressing people.

Now if your argument is that the British shouldn't have been in Northern Ireland in the first place....ok, I get that argument but if that's the tune then you must also make that argument for English towns and capitals that are being taken over by the non English.

Edited by Stirlingsays (24 May 2024 1.15pm)

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