Surely an event not to be missed.... Over the last few years these revisionists appeared to have largely retreated back whence they came.
So who will cough up the cash to spend an evening, or two, in such esteemed company?![]()
Surely an event not to be missed.... Over the last few years these revisionists appeared to have largely retreated back whence they came.
So who will cough up the cash to spend an evening, or two, in such esteemed company?![]()
Last edited by Saoirse go Deo; 21-07-2017 at 07:49 PM.
Sounds like torture to me , Saoirse. The West Cork Literary festival isn't far behind it. Two friends of mine , both retired teachers attended an event where Ruth Dudley Edwards was a speaker. The ladies had never heard of her and so had no preconceptions. Nonetheless , after ten minutes of Unionist vitriol , they felt compelled to leave. Being polite teacher types , they feigned an urgent need to use the bathroom.
What has West Cork done to deserve this?
"If you go far enough to either extreme of the political spectrum, Communist or fascist, you'll find hard-eyed men with guns who believe that anybody who doesn't think as they do should be incarcerated or exterminated. " - Jim Garrison, Former DA, New Orleans.
They'll all be dead soon, don't worry.
I don't think I've seen so much venom in all my time on this site.
Suggesting that people are mentally ill and revelling in the prospect of their death simply because they are attending a history event that dares to offer a slightly different perspective on Irish history is really unsavoury, to say the least. That a moderator and the administrator are among those posting the hate is particularly disturbing and reflects very poorly on the site, which is generally above this kind of abuse.
And seeing as Phoenix magazine has effectively turned into a glossy version of An Phoblacht, you will forgive me for not taking the article above remotely seriously.
"If you go far enough to either extreme of the political spectrum, Communist or fascist, you'll find hard-eyed men with guns who believe that anybody who doesn't think as they do should be incarcerated or exterminated. " - Jim Garrison, Former DA, New Orleans.
I'm not entirely sure if Ceannaire was being serious, but assuming he/she was, his/her post doesn't really deserve a considered response, except perhaps to note that if he/she has only just noticed that An Phoenix is relatively republican in outlook compared to the rest of the grovelling, servile, self-hating, crypto-unionist Irish meeja, then he/she has not been paying attention.
"If you go far enough to either extreme of the political spectrum, Communist or fascist, you'll find hard-eyed men with guns who believe that anybody who doesn't think as they do should be incarcerated or exterminated. " - Jim Garrison, Former DA, New Orleans.
I agree that the headliners at the 'gig' are very far from being well-intentioned peaceniks. They are - whether knowingly or otherwise (one always has to allow the possibility, however slight, that they are just stupid, or are so far down the route they have taken that they are too old to repent) shills for violent and murderous state terrorism, for war crimes committed by a foreign power in their own country and on their own fellow citizens.
"If you go far enough to either extreme of the political spectrum, Communist or fascist, you'll find hard-eyed men with guns who believe that anybody who doesn't think as they do should be incarcerated or exterminated. " - Jim Garrison, Former DA, New Orleans.
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