Belfast Far Right Riots 2026 [Mod Note in OP]

I'm agreeing with you.

Got a giggle out of the last sentence so I bow to your fair play

To those who hate seeing a couple of brown people walking down the street, it's "rampant".

That’s a stat, it contradicts your “10’s of 1000’s each year” statement before it though.

Your “too much…end of !” statement is purely your opinion, nothing more.

In fairness, the Irish Free State as it was at the time was both brand new and incredibly weak. The British had to offer help during the civil war which says a fair bit.

It's ironic in a rather macabre way that modern Irish nationalism by which I mean the far right kind is fawning over loyalists and their violence now. These are people with culture, language or heritage. Their closest simulacrum is their bonfires, parades and privileges.

Sein Fein came out and said they wished people hadn’t seen the video of the attack. Do they feel the same way about the Bloody Sunday massacre?

So you think Iryna Zarutska stabbing in America shouldn’t have been shown either. These are horrific high profile crimes.

Control the news and you control the narrative. Sein Fein are pro migration with lax controls, it’s in their interest to suppress negative stories.

Or maybe it just gives totally irresponsible politicians with another agenda the opportunity to enflame and incite.

There does appear to be double standards at play sometimes. Graphic violence is graphic violence, whether it is shoplifters on Henry Street, rioters in Belfast, knife attacks by migrants in Belfast, bombing of Gaza, burning of oil facilities in Moscow, Hamas executing people in the streets, innocents being killed in Kyiv, and it is sometimes difficult to understand why some examples of graphic violence are shown while others are not.

It seems that the days of independent media are over, certainly all political parties are out there controlling the narrative.

Sinn Fein are among the most manipulative but not sure it is on them on this occasion.

Double standards indeed, from Rodney King to George Floyd, if it's not filmed it's at least 10 times more likely to not garner outrage, riots, or simply horror from a human perspective..

'The fight arose when McCartney was accused of making an insulting gesture or comment to the wife of an IRA member in the Co social club.[3] When McCartney's friend, Brendan Devine refused to accept this accusation or apologise, a brawl began. McCartney, who was attempting to defend Devine, was attacked with a broken bottle and then dragged into Verner Street, beaten with metal bars and stabbed.[1] Devine also suffered a knife attack, but survived. The throats of both men had been cut and McCartney's wounds included the loss of an eye and a large blade wound running from his chest to his stomach. Devine was hospitalised under armed protection.[4]

On 27 June 2008, Terence Davison was found not guilty of committing the murder; two other men who had been charged with affray were also cleared.[5]'.