PS,
You are right in that a few Protestant families have moved out of Rasharkin following intimidation. However that does not justify Allister's claim that the whole nationalist / Catholic population of the village is complicit in ethnic cleansing.
The single biggest source of tension in that village is the Ballymaconnell Sons of William annual band parade. Unfortunately no unionist politician is willing to be 'out-n*ggered' on the issue. The KKK must have their parade.
Originally Posted by wake up
I said nothing of what has happened in Neilsbrook/Randalstown (read my posts) so I find it strange you feel it should not be happening yet you know nothing of the place or what has occurred there.Whats hard about it?
I dont know anything about Neilsbrook end of. Maybe you should remember what you write. the only reason I even know where it is because you said it was in randalstown in your first post.
Personally I dont give a sh it if you believe me or not about people being forced out. The facts are that it is happening and the tramps that are doing it get away with it as the police dont want to know. If what you are saying is true about randalstown then that also should not be happening.
Maybe you should remember what you type and what you read. (funny face, funny face)
So please tell us what it is you condemn in Randalstown ( that you know nothing about) ?
Is he not making a mistake by accusing the whole nationalist community of wrongdoing? Paisley gets Catholic votes in his constituency (I know at least three Catholic Paisley voters) because the farmers think he stands up for their rights.
No he is making a mistake because he has accussed the whole nationalist population of the area of being sectarian bigots.
This is the type of thinking common among loyalists when they kick fenians to death.
That is his purpose for claiming such drivel and it is wrong.
It is wrong to try to demonise an entire community.
Allister is definitely not chasing the Catholic vote in North Antrim!!
That's often said about Paisley (that he gets some Catholic votes). To me it sounds like turkeys voting for Christmas but hell, what do I know.
There is a section of that constituency that buys into the Allister nonsense. We do well to understand that sometimes the baser instincts do still attract support within unionism.
At the Holy Cross dispute in Ardoyne a working class PUP representative was asked why he was there and why he was acting as a pseudo spokesperson for the protesters. This despite the fact that there was universal opprobrium being brought on their heads. His reply was 'because it is popular with the locals'.
Apparently George Wallace started out as relatively progressive on race issues. He was supported by the NAACP in his 1963 campaign for the governorship of Alabama. It was when he was defeated by a KKK endorsed candidate that he made his famous vow never to be out-n*ggered again.
Although Jim Allister has never been what one might reasonably call a 'progressive' there are a quite a few similarities between Alabama and North Antrim!
Maybe you meant the nightlife when asking to compare
If you are not logging the two together what exactly were you getting at? Its hardly rocket science.
Maybe I did.
Did you make more assumptions maybe ?? Did they suit your agenda ??
In the run up to the recent BSOC annual band parade the residents group met numerous times to arrange counter protests. As residents of this village they have every right to protest but all i ask is why the silence and lack of action from the very same residents in relation to the endless attacks on the OO hall and the systematic removal of Protestants from the village?
I can only assume that the band parade is more of an incoveinence to them and that nightly attacks on the OO hall or local Protestants isn't really on their radar. Is it maybe that Protestants aren't considered residents of this village any longer? Mr McKay was quick to make a video of damage supposedly caused by Loyalists to a Catholic owned property and upload to the highly exciting BallymenaSF you tube channel.........where was he to represent the rights of the Protestants who have had their cars damaged, windows put in etc etc??
Its wrong of anyone to label an entire community. He needs to be more selective in his words. Again more people from the Nationalist side again are more bothered about these comments that the actions of the sectarian bigots within North Antrim
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