jprender wrote: » The tweet was disgusting.
Hqrry113 wrote: » What do you think was so disgusting about it?
Hqrry113 wrote: » Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he was “shocked and dismayed” by a controversial tweet sent by a Sinn Féin TD that referenced IRA attacks during the War of Independence and the Troubles. On Saturday, the Laois-Offaly TD tweeted in reference to the Kilmichael Ambush in 1920 and the Narrow Water Massacre in Warrenpoint, Co Down in 1979, claiming they were “the 2 IRA operations that taught the elite of d British army and the establishment the cost of occupying Ireland. Pity for everyone they were such slow learners”. Eighteen British soldiers were killed at Warrenpoint by the Provisional IRA on August 27th 1979 a civilian was also killed after soldiers fired across the border into the Irish republic out of anger and rage. In the 1920 incident at Kilmichael, a total of 17 British soldiers were killed, alongside three members of the War of Independence-era IRA. Mr Martin said that the tweet by Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley was “appalling” and has done “huge damage” Do you really think the tweet was all that bad or is Michael just point scoring?
jprender wrote: Glorifying murder on either side. The British are still here btw, so what exactly is he suggesting when he says they are “slow learners”? SF like to distance themselves from the IRA saying that it is in the past, and then you have morons making statements like this 🙄 Serious lack of brains.
Blazer wrote: » We're supposed to be moving on from all this bull****. How are the protestants up north ever supposed to believe in unification when you still have muppets like this clown tweeting out this crap? Or do SF even care about what they think and if unification happens these people think they can do likewise to the prods like what they did to the catholics? Seriously what has that achieved but just murder and death on both sides. Its time for these SF clowns to get into the 21st century, put on their big boy pants, tell the IRA head honchos to **** off and die and maybe then they'll be ready to actually lead a country. But I doubt it by their recent behaviour.
An Claidheamh wrote: » No it wasn’t It was stating a fact The two ambushes were similar That tweet was nothing out of the ordinary, no different to any second DUP tweet British MPs regularly remember their “heroic soldiers” and say, not very nice things about the foreigners they were “civilising” In fact, shortly after that tweet you had the Dee Ewe Pay whinging about government commemorations of Kilmichael, any statement from FF, the Republican Party on that? MM and the Irish media will do anything to avoid questions about his spineless lack of action regarding Finucane’s murder
thecomedian wrote: » Whatabout isn’t the best defence here. It was stupid. I’d be expecting a lot better from Brian Stanley (who I thought was one of the better SF TDs)
Hqrry113 wrote: » No reference to protestants at all so I don't know what you're ranting on about saying "they think they can do likewise to the prods" .
WrenBoy wrote: » If this "Shocked and Dismayed" him, then I don't think he's really up to running a Government in hard times, too much stress on the poor thing.
An Claidheamh wrote: » That tweet was nothing out of the ordinary, no different to any second DUP tweet British MPs regularly remember their “heroic soldiers” and say, not very nice things about the foreigners they were “civilising”
whisky_galore wrote: » The tweet was internet pub republican type content, not befitting of an elected public representative.
a very cool kid wrote: » I think what's missed here is that the 1920 IRA were working on behalf of the democratically elected Dáil and had widespread support to be the legitimate army of the new nation. Whether you agree with partition or not, the PROVOs didn't have this level of widespread support (most people hate/were afraid of them) and the world had moved on (after two world wars) to where violent uprisings were a thing of the past (certainly in Western Europe).
blanch152 wrote: » Some people just refuse to move on. There are those who claim all of the problems on this island are mainly due to partition. It is a huge insult to all of those people who have lived and worked through the last century to make Ireland near the top of the list of every international ranking as a place to live and work.
Floppybits wrote: » Neither is leaking Confidential documents to mates and telling other party members what crony's to appoint to the Supreme Court. Can't have your cake and eat it. This SF lad was stupid to put up a tweet and give an under pressure government a chance to point score like this. The SF leadership need to have a word with the party faithful and see if they can drum a bit of sense into them.
whisky_galore wrote: » Is there a "doing stupid sh1t" competition here?
Floppybits wrote: » Seems to be. Just calling out the hypocrisy going on, Lads here defending what Leo Varadkar and Helen McEntee done the last few weeks and now are furious over a tweet. Can't be having it both ways.
Floppybits wrote: » This SF lad was stupid to put up a tweet and give an under pressure government a chance to point score like this. The SF leadership need to have a word with the party faithful and see if they can drum a bit of sense into them.
MadYaker wrote: » It was an idiotic tweet but anyone who is surprised by this sort of thing coming from SF haven’t been paying attention.
jprender wrote: » Glorifying murder on either side. The British are still here btw, so what exactly is he suggesting when he says they are “slow learners”?SF like to distance themselves from the IRA saying that it is in the past, and then you have morons making statements like this �� Serious lack of brains.
Bowie wrote: » I think people like FF/FG try sell that idea but I don't see it. Why should they distance themselves? It's in the past and the tweet was regarding the past. It was no call to arms. He was free to make the statement IMO. There are ex-IRA in SF. SF and the IRA would likely be proud of their history. We need to understand that. The like of MM pretending to be aghast is pure bull****.
