Wait, what? Ireland is nothing to do with religion. It's a handy banner. It's all about British colonialism and oppression. Fuck, we sold the Irish as slaves t

Wait, what? Ireland is nothing to do with religion. It's a handy banner. It's all about British colonialism and oppression. Fuck, we sold the Irish as slaves to west indies planters. Of course it's geopolitics. Religious fanaticism, however, does not equate to terrorism. It is a subset of the phenomenon, and operates on its own little set of utterly irrational rules.