Average age of loyalist rioter?

Rotting Carrot

These lads seem to be getting younger and younger. If you turned on the tele 30 years back to watch one of the northern Ireland riots, they'd be a lot older. If you were to compare the age of these current guys, to the age of rioters you'd see in other countries, like the U.S, I'd say there'd be a massive difference. Are they just bored from being at home or do their parents rile them up custom check delays due to Brexit?

Zebra3

Have a poll.

Which is lower?

Age or IQ.

biko

35

banie01

Zebra3 wrote: »

Have a poll.

Which is lower?

Age or IQ.

Dammit! Thats what I was going to post!

punisher5112

Teens most would be, it's the hip way to follow like sheep.

whisky_galore

Probably around the same age as a nationalist rioter.

These kids grew up regaled by stories/drama from the Troubles. By contrast their own lives are very beige and comfortable with technology etc. Throw in the boredom of lockdown and sometimes it just takes a little spark to create a fire.

I think half the reason there was so much noise over George Floyd last year is because a) it was midsummer, temperatures were physically high to begin with, and b) people wanted to get out of the house after 3/4 months of lockdown.

Hyperbollix

Deleted User wrote: »

These kids grew up regaled by stories/drama from the Troubles. By contrast their own lives are very beige and comfortable with technology etc. Throw in the boredom of lockdown and sometimes it just takes a little spark to create a fire.

I think half the reason there was so much noise over George Floyd last year is because a) it was midsummer, temperatures were physically high to begin with, and b) people wanted to get out of the house after 3/4 months of lockdown.

You have a very jaundiced view of humanity.....

and I fully subscribe to it!

Shield

They’ve got the collective IQ of a parsnip, no matter how old they are.

Shame on the parents.

Tabnabs

Fortunestown, snow, Lidl, JCB.

It doesn't take much to get any average scummbag going...