The unions in the north have always ran away from the sectarian issue, so not surprised that they are totally silent on the Laurena Kane case. The trade unions representing public service workers produce the odd leaflet, hold the odd meeting on sectarianism but as is the case here, never stand up for those suffering sectarianism in the workplace. It's almost like the are afraid of offending one side and loosing union dues.Originally Posted by former wesleyan
Laurena Kane won over £20,000 in damages from the Belfast Trust.
UTV News - Social worker wins abuse case
Among the pleasantries directed at her by work colleagues were.
"I hate Catholics."
"Since those Catholics moved in there's an awful smell coming over the hedge."
"I bet you call him some Taigy name like Freedom."
Some posters on this site would almost have you believe that sectarianism is preserve of the Catholic Irish, the most evil religion, of the most evil people in the whole world. They'd have you believe that Protestants are mild, meek creatures who only respond to the vile goadings of the Fenian untermensch.
As part of an ongoing exercise in redressing the balance, revisionism you could say, I intend to proactively post examples of Protestant sectarianism on the P.ie home page. This happens a lot, so it could become a little boring, but I feel it’s important in redressing what seems to be a concerted campaign by certain posters to peddle the Unionist cause by denigrating Catholics and Nationalists.
We are all born mad. Some remain so.
And I, Antonius Block, am playing chess with Death!
Have you experienced a lot of this 'anti-catholic' Protestant sectarianism in Donegal?
Fear God, Honour thy King.
"some Taigy name like Freedom" - an unintended complement by thickos.
"Not a Proddy (word) like Subject"..... might have been a good reply.
Well done to her for standing up for herself.
Mr Gormley described calls for the resignation of his cabinet colleague as "absolute nonsense". He said Mr Lenihan was doing "a very good job under exceptionally difficult circumstances".
Move along. Nothing to see here.
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SF propaganda no doubt.
The mods have now certified me as being a sweet and reasonable human being and Supreme Leader of the P.ie muppet alliance.
I think it's not really unionism or neo-unionism or crypto-unionism at work, whatever you might want to call the trend that you have identified. It's more magnanimity.
The Ulster Protestants are losing the demographic race - badly. Their former working classes look more and more like an underclass owing to the decline of traditional industries; Catholics who for the most part were excluded from working in those industries have been more adaptable and upwardly mobile. Scotland could well be independent by 2016, in which case the union of England and Northern Ireland would be placed under severe moral and financial strain. Reunification of Ireland is only a matter of time. Peter Robinson's peculiar attempt at outreach to Catholic voters in recent months shows that the Unionists are aware that they desperately need to change tack if they are to avoid what looks like now the inevitable. Given such circumstances, one should not find it surprising that certain Protestants are inclined to lash out in sectarian anger at what is happening around them, at the ground being cut away from underneath them.
It's a deeply dysfunctional little spot, isn't it?
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. - Mark Twain
It comes as no surprise to find that both the pot and the kettle have certain characteristics in common.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. - Mark Twain
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