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An Anglo-Irish person asks: Post independence, was Éire a model civil rights respecting polity? Rather than leaning in to what looks like nationalist anti-Engl
by implements 4y ago
An Anglo-Irish person asks: Post independence, was Éire a model civil rights respecting polity?
Rather than leaning in to what looks like nationalist anti-English racism, have you considered how other European countries behaved during the 1000 years of history you referred to?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wars_of_religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wars_of_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_nationalism_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_nationalism_in_Europe
More recently:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Ukraine
- lostlogin 4y ago> have you considered how other European countries behaved during the 1000 years of history you referred to? I this this is whataboutism and unhelpful. They were all terrible and not being the worst is not a badge of honour.
- HeckFeck 4y agoBy modern standards everyone before us is in some way terrible. You have to award some credit for being a bit ahead of the crowd.
- vt85 4y ago
- Macha 4y agoI mean, the claim of "home rule is rome rule" was justified in the sense of the Catholic Church dictating much social policy until the 80s, but at the same time, the Irish government did not set up the voting system to disadvantage one religious or ethnic grouping, yet the Northern Irish government did. Your comment comes across as whataboutism.