Irish politics; tedious as fuck. Is it just me?

[egb_hibs]

While a moderate irish nationalist I just cannot abide all the tomfoolery by scots (especially) of either stripe.

In my experience the gobbiest rhebels are the biggest nancies - an irish social event in glasgow where the ICF showed up with the dobbers, and I was left steaming in alone, as a bunch of sellick pussies who'd been calling me a plastic paddy all day took a sharp exit, springs particularly to mind.

But more to the point; all the glamourising of thugs, rapists and psychopaths, all the tenuous justifications of the actions of one lot while getting all indignant about the other...all fucking bollocks.

I find it all completely disinteresting, and while happy to have a go at dobbers, I'm equally prone to being shuttled out of irish dos for launching into the sash after being berated for not being appropriately upstanding for some po faced twaddle or another.

Am I alone in this?

 

[snoots]

Am I alone in this?

No.

The amount of time wasted wallowing around in Irish politics (from a safe distance) by Scots is a disgrace.

Meanwhile Scotland itself is non issue for lots of the people who indulge in this hobby.

It's like playing Subbuteo when there's a real pitch on your doorstep growing weeds.

 

[Burbank Lilywhite]

Am I alone in this?

No.

 

[1875]

I would change the title to Northern Irish politics, politics in the republic are very different from what you describe above.

 

[AndyM]

Am I alone in this?

Nope.
I can't be bothered with either side of this particular intellectual vacuum. Its tedious pish of the highest order.

 

[Braehead Cabbage]

No.

The amount of time wasted wallowing around in Irish politics (from a safe distance) by Scots is a disgrace.

Meanwhile Scotland itself is non issue for lots of the people who indulge in this hobby.

It's like playing Subbuteo when there's a real pitch on your doorstep growing weeds.

Best quote i've read in ages

 

[superbam]

I would change the title to Northern Irish politics, politics in the republic are very different from what you describe above.

Agreed.

Politics in the north are tedious as fuck.

Politics in the republic do not revolve around a sectarian divide, and are therefore, unsurprisingly, of limited intererest to scots.

 

[1875]

Agreed.

Politics in the north are tedious as fuck.

Politics in the republic do not revolve around a sectarian divide.

Unless they are discussing the funding of protestant schools Bit of revenge going on there methinks?

 

[buckie]

Unless they are discussing the funding of protestant schools Bit of revenge going on there methinks?

took the words out of my mouth.

the cultural genocide of protestants in the south is still top of the irish govts agenda sadly.

and to think some of Eire's most famous sons were protestant, Wolfe Tone, Oscar Wilde, WB Yeats, Edward Carson, U2, Paul McGrath and err Graham Norton to name but a few.

 

[Stirlinghibee]

While a moderate irish nationalist I just cannot abide all the tomfoolery by scots (especially) of either stripe.

In my experience the gobbiest rhebels are the biggest nancies - an irish social event in glasgow where the ICF showed up with the dobbers, and I was left steaming in alone, as a bunch of sellick pussies who'd been calling me a plastic paddy all day took a sharp exit, springs particularly to mind.

But more to the point; all the glamourising of thugs, rapists and psychopaths, all the tenuous justifications of the actions of one lot while getting all indignant about the other...all fucking bollocks.

I find it all completely disinteresting, and while happy to have a go at dobbers, I'm equally prone to being shuttled out of irish dos for launching into the sash after being berated for not being appropriately upstanding for some po faced twaddle or another.

Am I alone in this?

No.

The removal of all this shite from our shores is priority no 1 for me. I work in that very normal region of the world called the North East of England Mon-Fri. In Character the people down here are the closest to the Scots. In seven years I have never heard Catholics, Protestant, UFF, IRA etc even mentioned. The only dividing line amounst these wonderful people is the colours red and white and Black and white!

The breath of fresh air that arriving in Durham has during the summer months , or after a old firm game, is like a glass of water in the desert.

 

[AlbaEire]

It's pretty disheartening at times.

 

[Lexo]

No.