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1 Galway councillor suggests removal of memorial to Irish Confederate Major

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    #2
    The_Valeyard
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    Stupid councillor jumping on the US bandwagon. Completely pointless and just trying to grab headlines.


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    #3
    Arsemageddon
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    Sham lives matter!


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    So, the thread title is completely wrong. One independent councillor says it should be removed. The council has not said it was removing it. No other councillors have supported this one guy.


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    #5
    The_Valeyard
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    Addilyn Drab Turnpike wrote: »
    So, the thread title is completely wrong. One independent councillor says it should be removed. The council has not said it was removing it. No other councillors have supported this one guy.

    Well, they have the backing of the mighty TheJournal.ie


    Seriously is there any trend that they dont try attach themselves onto?


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    #6
    WesternZulu
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    If there is ever a place to put an undignified statue it's Tuam.


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    Nermal
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    I vote we destroy all Greek and Roman statuary too, they were a bit too keen on slavery for my liking...


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    Ken.
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    Mod-Thread title altered to reflect the truth. OP no click bait titles please.


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    corner of hells
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    Conspectus wrote: »
    Mod-Thread title altered to reflect the truth. OP no click bait titles please.

    As c'mon, why do we always have to reflect the truth.Why can't we just be like everyone else.
    Can we not just have a little propaganda and spoof , just once ?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Sweet Jesus how long did yer man spend trawling the internet looking for something to be offended by before he settled for this nonsense? Nothing else needs to be fixed anywhere in Galway then I suppose :rolleyes:


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    [Deleted User]
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    Well there's a statue of the Irish republican and Nazi collaborator, Seán Russell, in Fairview Park.

    Hashtag StandWithFairview, Hashtag Triggered.


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    MyStubbleItches
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    Wombatman wrote: »
    A Galway Councillor says he wants to see a memorial on Tuam Town Hall to an Irish confederate removed.

    Could Tuam be the next Charlottesville?

    http://www.thejournal.ie/major-dick-dowling-memorial-tuan-town-hall-3554975-Aug2017/

    Pure bandwagonning obviously and hashtag crap but just imagine if the other side won.


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    The media is very funny, one minute they are showing outrage against ISIS for destroying historic statues, now they are supporting the destruction of similarly controversial statues.


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    oppenheimer1
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Well there's a statue of the Irish republican and Nazi collaborator, SeRussell, in Fairview Park.

    Hashtag StandWithFairview, Hashtag Triggered.

    That statue has been decapitated at least once if not more.


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    Victor
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    The media
    Has "the media" advocated either way?


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    #16
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Every band wagon attracts the attention seekers, when one rolls by they try to be the first to climb to the top and shout down to people...


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    #17
    lazybones32
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    The most used media sources in ireland are so damn predictable. Tomorrows news will have an article on Trump, Charlottesville and an op-ed that is so far up its authors hole, that i cant think of a fittingly witty end to it. And gender, either how young girls are kicking boys asses in education or that the system is patriarchially favouring boys to succeed in subjects that males generally thrive in.

    What has this to do with a statue and a galway servant/representative? News websites have become an extension of twitter and fb.


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    [Deleted User]
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    oppenheimer1 wrote: »
    That statue has been decapitated at least once if not more.
    I didn't know that.

    Was it repaired? By whom?


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    #19
    Rumpy Pumpy
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    Did they ever erect that statue of Guevara in Galway?

    Don’t know much about this Tuam dude, but I presume he did awful things.

    Guevara was a mass-murdering sociopath, but he appears to be still very much in vogue for rage against the machine types.

    Good for the goose is good for the gander, and all that.


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    suicide_circus
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    The best thing to do with history is to cover it up and bury it. That way people forget it and don't make the same mistakes. Right?


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    #21
    Your Face
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    As a reader of History, I find this behaviour worrying.


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    The media is very funny, one minute they are showing outrage against ISIS for destroying historic statues, now they are supporting the destruction of similarly controversial statues.

    Well to be fair, they're not advocating their destruction in general, just removal from public buildings to more appropriate places, museums or whatever.

    Not saying I agree but comparisons with Islamic State are a bit over dramatic.


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    #23
    biko
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    Shaun Cunniffe - "The whole point of the Confederate war was to support slavery in the South.”

    This is only a half truth.
    The primary reason for the south seceding from the Union was to protect the right to own slaves.
    But the primary interest of the north was to maintain the United States as a single, undivided country.

    The US founders George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison themselves owned slaves so it wasn't like it was a new issue beat down by the northern states.


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    lazybones32
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    biko wrote: »
    Shaun Cunniffe - "The whole point of the Confederate war was to support slavery in the South.”

    This is only a half truth.
    The primary reason for the south seceding from the Union was to protect the right to own slaves.
    But the primary interest of the north was to maintain the United States as a single, undivided country.

    The US founders George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison themselves owned slaves so it wasn't like it was a new issue beat down by the northern states.

    If i could save the union without freeing any slave, i would do it and if i could save it by freeing all slaves i would do it; and if i could save it by freeing some and leaving others, i would also do that - Abraham Lincoln.

    Maintaining the Union was the priority, not slavery.


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    Ninthlife
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    As a society we are turning into a right bunch of sensitive assholes..

    Lets remove statues and not talk about historical facts as it might upset someone.

    Lets not have a gender in case it upsets someone

    Lets remove christian symbolism in a christian country in case it upsets someone

    Lets remove flags as it upsets someone.

    I hate to tell all these easily offended people but things happened in the past that were pretty horrific. People owned slaves but slavery was abolished and we have moved on its history its over you are all a couple of hundred years too late with the outrage.

    Alot of people need to grow up and stop taking offense to nonsensical things just to look like you give a ****.


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    #26
    nice_guy80
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    The Celts (or that group of peoples) were the worst feckers for slavery

    we're all culpable


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    Benjamin Buttons
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    Conspectus wrote: »
    Mod-Thread title altered to reflect the truth. OP no click bait titles please.

    You'll be amazed at what passes for 'click bait' in Ireland. No not scantily clad young ladies and how they are just dying to meet you, or tips on how to earn €350,000 an hour from home whilst paring your fingernails, oh no.....it's something called... ''Galway County Council''.
    All true according to the Mods on 'boards.ie'...click here to find out more and how your life can change in an instant....


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    lazybones32
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    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    The Celts (or that group of peoples) were the worst feckers for slavery

    we're all culpable

    No, our ancestors might have been culpable but i'm not. Kind of like how most Germans alive now aren't culpable for that thing that never happened☺


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    The_Valeyard
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    lazybones32 wrote: »
    No, our ancestors might have been culpable but i'm not. Kind of like how most Germans alive now aren't culpable for that thing that never happened☺



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    Victor
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    Ninthlife wrote: »
    As a society we are turning into a right bunch of sensitive assholes..
    That's interesting, because there are a lot of offensive, malicious and dangerous assholes out there also.


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    snowflaker
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    Ninthlife wrote: »
    As a society we are turning into a right bunch of sensitive assholes..

    Lets remove statues and not talk about historical facts as it might upset someone.

    Lets not have a gender in case it upsets someone

    Lets remove christian symbolism in a christian country in case it upsets someone

    Lets remove flags as it upsets someone.

    I hate to tell all these easily offended people but things happened in the past that were pretty horrific. People owned slaves but slavery was abolished and we have moved on its history its over you are all a couple of hundred years too late with the outrage.

    Alot of people need to grow up and stop taking offense to nonsensical things just to look like you give a ****.

    Which Christian Country do you speak of? Ireland is an independent republic.
    Imagine being a country ruled by religious laws...


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