workingclasshero32

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r/DerryLondonderry•

Anybody else actually glad the cops took the pallets?

And before the “two-tier policing” excuse gets rolled out, wise up. We don't have to defend something just because loyalists do it too. Let loyalists answer for loyalist bonfires; that doesn't mean we have to support our own wee hoods by default.

Burning massive bonfires covered in flags, wrecking roads that the whole community has to use and leaving everyone else to deal with the mess isn't culture or republicanism. It's chav mentality dressed up as something deeper.

Derry is better than this.

You don't see this carry-on being accepted in Galliagh, Shantallow, Ballymac or plenty of other nationalist areas anymore, so why should the

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r/northernireland•

It’s mad how in 2025 we’re still having to explain this, but the Orange Order and the whole marching season are still deeply sectarian, and they’re not even subtle about it. You only have to scratch the surface to see how closed-off and hostile it is to anyone who isn't a white Protestant.

Take the recent carry-on with the cricket club. The real issue wasn’t sport, it was the fact that kids from different backgrounds were mixing, making friends, and breaking down barriers. But instead of just admitting that, they dressed it up as a problem with the GAA, as if the sight of a hurl or a jersey is some kind of threat. They couldn’t stand the thought of young people uniting across divides on w

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