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>> killing Irish people in the north around 30 years ago. > residents of NI were British citizens at the time That's how it works for every independence movem
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
>> killing Irish people in the north around 30 years ago.
> residents of NI were British citizens at the time
That's how it works for every independence movement - a smaller entity asserts it's right to exist outside the boundary of a larger one. Fighting smaller entity is self-harm by the larger entity.
Look at the Chechen war in Russia, it was the same.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoAh no, the Irish situation is very very different. For a start, the Ulster Protestants were the majority in NI until this year (100 years after partition). And while I (as an Irish person) would love to see a united Ireland, I completely condemn the violence that was used to attempt it. Again, I understand why it happened, but 3.5k deaths over 30 years was not an acceptable price to get to the negotiation table (essentially repeating a deal that was shot down by the Unionists in 1972).