>PARACHUTE REGIMENT FLAGS have appeared in areas in Co Derry ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
>A number of tweets on social media appeared to show flags in the Newbuildings and Drumahoe areas of Co Derry.
>Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson said the erection of the flags has caused “huge upset” and has called for their removal.
>“Given this British regiment’s brutal history in Derry, this is a deliberate attempt to stir up tensions and hurt families ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the murder of 14 civilians by the British Army in Derry,” she said.
>“I have stood with those families in recent days. They are steadfast, courageous and determined in their campaign for truth and justice for their loved ones.
>“I am calling on all political parties and community leaders to condemn the erecting of these flags and to use their influence to have them removed immediately.”
>SDLP MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has also condemned the flags. “These flags were put up with the intention of causing hurt,” she said in a tweet.
>”Given the timing, just ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, there is no other way of interpreting this. It is cruel and utterly unacceptable. There is no room for this in our city.”
>On 30 January 1972, 14 people taking part in a civil rights demonstration in the Bogside area of Derry were killed when members of the Parachute Regiment opened fire.
>13 people were killed outright, while another man died four months later from his injuries.
>In 2020, an internal review of the Public Prosecution Service’s (PPS) decisions not to prosecute 15 soldiers reported in connection with the events of Bloody Sunday resulted in those decisions being upheld.
>A number of events, organised by the Bloody Sunday Trust, are due to take place in Derry this Sunday to mark the anniversary of the atrocity.
>The families of those killed will gather for a walk of remembrance that morning, which will be followed by a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony at the Bloody Sunday Monument at 11am.
>President Michael D Higgins will also deliver a recorded message to the families during a special commemorative event, Beyond the Silence, at 4pm in Guildhall Square. The event will be livestreamed
u/Lonnbeimnech had a great comment about loyalists coming down to Dublin waving this flag for a football match.
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“I love their hatred. Look at his childlike glee. You just know he had to order that flag online. Imagine him racing out to the door every morning as the postman calls. ‘Is it here yet? Is it here yet?’ No, just more bills.
Then it finally arrives. Bringing it down to the pub to show his pals. ‘Look what I have! Just look.’ All having the laugh at how upset ‘thicko Paddy’ will be.
All piling into the minibus for the trip down. ‘Paras 14, Republicans 0’, ‘No surrender!’ they bellow.
The speed limit changes from mph to kph. There’s no barrier, no border. They’re in the Republic and the only way to tell is the better roads.
The mood darkens. Thoughts turn to their youth. To when the Paras bestrode Derry like a guardian angel. There to enforce their control, their livelihood. Their Britishness.
The Paras are long gone now. The RUC is now somehow the PSNI and they’ve all felt the slap of PSNI baton during a march that didn’t get Parades Commission permission. They’ve all heard the news. They’re to be ‘sacrificed’ on the altar of free trade. Their ‘loyalty’ spat back at them to allow Taigs to stroll across the border they’ve just passed whenever they like.
The bus slows, stops. They’re stopped in a place filled with Taigs whose livelihoods they could never hope to meet. He pulls out his flag. Waves it about. Nobody recognises the insult. Time has passed. ‘Put it away’, says his friends. He looks around at the stadium. Whatever about the result tonight he knows he’s already lost.”
Your name is William. You are a human being, and a proud Glaswegian like half-a-million others. Beyond your control you were born into a shitty family with a shitty dad, who himself was born into a shitty family with a shitty dad. In fact you come from a long line of shitty dads. Your entire genetic lineage is a joke of which you, for the time being at least, are the soggy, botched punchline – until you spurt your lukewarm seed into some unwitting girl’s eggsack and the joke lumbers on.
Your world seems to turn slower than everyone else’s. You begin to wonder if the conversations your family have around the dinner table are the same as the ones your friends have. You watch your father slurp baked beans into his mouth like a 54 year old baby. You begin to wonder if you will grow up to be like him. You suppress this pain. You, James and Johnboy go up the park most nights to work diligently on your soon-to-be-chronic alcohol problem. This is both a coping mechanism, an informal coming-of-age ceremony, and a group bonding exercise – all it does is exacerbate your steadily blooming anger disorder. Your dad knows, and you know he knows. You want him to intervene. He says nothing.
But every summer your community pulls back the curtains and lets some light in. For you, this is Christmas. You dust off your white shirt. You pick up your drum. And for a precious few glorious hours you get to stand before the world and proclaim “I matter. I am not a joke. I have a voice and I will be heard” as the fat, diabetes-ridden, flushed-red faces of your extended family look on with manic glee. They too are afraid. Together you sing the songs of your fathers. And for this all-too-brief moment, you almost manage to believe. That you are a vital cog in the machine of humanity, and that when you die you will leave a gap in the ranks that cannot be filled. Sadly for you, that’s total shite.
The “I’m fucking Inbred” flag.
Vital information for everyone to adhere to. Stay away,protect your ovaries, ya don’t want a child will have teeth on its forehead!
Is it wrong to dislike unionists?
I’m willing to bet that the same mouth breathing apes that put these flags up would be the first to cry about incitement if it was a nationalist symbol posted around the place. Delicate over stretched egos need to shout very loudly to redirect reality from bursting their fragile bubble.
Fleg issues and the north, name a more iconic duo
The irony of it all is the English think that they’re an embarrassment. It’s laughable tbh, they think putting up these flags and painting the kerbs makes them an inspiration to the Crown and the British, but they view the behaviour of the northern loyalists as deplorable and ignorant. Any that I’ve spoken to about it think that northern ireland is a waste of tax money, paying to clean up after riots and bonfires. Let them have their flegs, because they have nothing else, not even culture
It looks like an underpants flapping in the breeze. If this is mentioned enough it will be removed.
Even the 1st Para themselves have distanced themselves from these horrendous triumphalist displays via twitter
How boring must the life of a Unionist be? It involves painting kerb stones, erecting flags everywhere because “culture” and threatning world war 3 anytime anyone tries to take down a fleg they didn’t even notice was there in the first place.
I get they must be extremely insecure about their “identity” and flying flags seems to give them some false sense or belonging – but my god, it’s time to move on. Stop living in 1690. Whether it’s the bigoted Orange Order, the blatant racist, homophobic views of the political side of Unionism, or the displays of hatred burning anything Irish on Bonfire night, how can anyone take them serious?
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>PARACHUTE REGIMENT FLAGS have appeared in areas in Co Derry ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
>A number of tweets on social media appeared to show flags in the Newbuildings and Drumahoe areas of Co Derry.
>Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson said the erection of the flags has caused “huge upset” and has called for their removal.
>“Given this British regiment’s brutal history in Derry, this is a deliberate attempt to stir up tensions and hurt families ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the murder of 14 civilians by the British Army in Derry,” she said.
>“I have stood with those families in recent days. They are steadfast, courageous and determined in their campaign for truth and justice for their loved ones.
>“I am calling on all political parties and community leaders to condemn the erecting of these flags and to use their influence to have them removed immediately.”
>SDLP MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has also condemned the flags. “These flags were put up with the intention of causing hurt,” she said in a tweet.
>”Given the timing, just ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, there is no other way of interpreting this. It is cruel and utterly unacceptable. There is no room for this in our city.”
>On 30 January 1972, 14 people taking part in a civil rights demonstration in the Bogside area of Derry were killed when members of the Parachute Regiment opened fire.
>13 people were killed outright, while another man died four months later from his injuries.
>In 2020, an internal review of the Public Prosecution Service’s (PPS) decisions not to prosecute 15 soldiers reported in connection with the events of Bloody Sunday resulted in those decisions being upheld.
>A number of events, organised by the Bloody Sunday Trust, are due to take place in Derry this Sunday to mark the anniversary of the atrocity.
>The families of those killed will gather for a walk of remembrance that morning, which will be followed by a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony at the Bloody Sunday Monument at 11am.
>President Michael D Higgins will also deliver a recorded message to the families during a special commemorative event, Beyond the Silence, at 4pm in Guildhall Square. The event will be livestreamed
https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/9xcogn/northern_irelandn_fans_wave_a_parachute_regiment/e9rd1x0
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u/Lonnbeimnech had a great comment about loyalists coming down to Dublin waving this flag for a football match.
—
“I love their hatred. Look at his childlike glee. You just know he had to order that flag online. Imagine him racing out to the door every morning as the postman calls. ‘Is it here yet? Is it here yet?’ No, just more bills.
Then it finally arrives. Bringing it down to the pub to show his pals. ‘Look what I have! Just look.’ All having the laugh at how upset ‘thicko Paddy’ will be.
All piling into the minibus for the trip down. ‘Paras 14, Republicans 0’, ‘No surrender!’ they bellow.
The speed limit changes from mph to kph. There’s no barrier, no border. They’re in the Republic and the only way to tell is the better roads.
The mood darkens. Thoughts turn to their youth. To when the Paras bestrode Derry like a guardian angel. There to enforce their control, their livelihood. Their Britishness.
The Paras are long gone now. The RUC is now somehow the PSNI and they’ve all felt the slap of PSNI baton during a march that didn’t get Parades Commission permission. They’ve all heard the news. They’re to be ‘sacrificed’ on the altar of free trade. Their ‘loyalty’ spat back at them to allow Taigs to stroll across the border they’ve just passed whenever they like.
The bus slows, stops. They’re stopped in a place filled with Taigs whose livelihoods they could never hope to meet. He pulls out his flag. Waves it about. Nobody recognises the insult. Time has passed. ‘Put it away’, says his friends. He looks around at the stadium. Whatever about the result tonight he knows he’s already lost.”
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https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/4nkxj4/fuck_the_orange_walk/d44wzuc
Which then led to u/Honest_Addict ‘s
Try to see it from their perspective.
Your name is William. You are a human being, and a proud Glaswegian like half-a-million others. Beyond your control you were born into a shitty family with a shitty dad, who himself was born into a shitty family with a shitty dad. In fact you come from a long line of shitty dads. Your entire genetic lineage is a joke of which you, for the time being at least, are the soggy, botched punchline – until you spurt your lukewarm seed into some unwitting girl’s eggsack and the joke lumbers on.
Your world seems to turn slower than everyone else’s. You begin to wonder if the conversations your family have around the dinner table are the same as the ones your friends have. You watch your father slurp baked beans into his mouth like a 54 year old baby. You begin to wonder if you will grow up to be like him. You suppress this pain. You, James and Johnboy go up the park most nights to work diligently on your soon-to-be-chronic alcohol problem. This is both a coping mechanism, an informal coming-of-age ceremony, and a group bonding exercise – all it does is exacerbate your steadily blooming anger disorder. Your dad knows, and you know he knows. You want him to intervene. He says nothing.
But every summer your community pulls back the curtains and lets some light in. For you, this is Christmas. You dust off your white shirt. You pick up your drum. And for a precious few glorious hours you get to stand before the world and proclaim “I matter. I am not a joke. I have a voice and I will be heard” as the fat, diabetes-ridden, flushed-red faces of your extended family look on with manic glee. They too are afraid. Together you sing the songs of your fathers. And for this all-too-brief moment, you almost manage to believe. That you are a vital cog in the machine of humanity, and that when you die you will leave a gap in the ranks that cannot be filled. Sadly for you, that’s total shite.
Let them march. It’s literally all they have.
https://arethebritsatitagain.org/
It’s distasteful, but what does anyone expect?
The “I’m fucking Inbred” flag.
Vital information for everyone to adhere to. Stay away,protect your ovaries, ya don’t want a child will have teeth on its forehead!
Is it wrong to dislike unionists?
I’m willing to bet that the same mouth breathing apes that put these flags up would be the first to cry about incitement if it was a nationalist symbol posted around the place. Delicate over stretched egos need to shout very loudly to redirect reality from bursting their fragile bubble.
Fleg issues and the north, name a more iconic duo
The irony of it all is the English think that they’re an embarrassment. It’s laughable tbh, they think putting up these flags and painting the kerbs makes them an inspiration to the Crown and the British, but they view the behaviour of the northern loyalists as deplorable and ignorant. Any that I’ve spoken to about it think that northern ireland is a waste of tax money, paying to clean up after riots and bonfires. Let them have their flegs, because they have nothing else, not even culture
How much of a prick do you have to be when even [the Parachute Regiment ](https://twitter.com/TheParachuteReg/status/1485587718738432000?t=Fun0GlkmizUdWVEhbcRRYw&s=19) themselves think you are disrespectful and unacceptable.
It looks like an underpants flapping in the breeze. If this is mentioned enough it will be removed.
Even the 1st Para themselves have distanced themselves from these horrendous triumphalist displays via twitter
How boring must the life of a Unionist be? It involves painting kerb stones, erecting flags everywhere because “culture” and threatning world war 3 anytime anyone tries to take down a fleg they didn’t even notice was there in the first place.
I get they must be extremely insecure about their “identity” and flying flags seems to give them some false sense or belonging – but my god, it’s time to move on. Stop living in 1690. Whether it’s the bigoted Orange Order, the blatant racist, homophobic views of the political side of Unionism, or the displays of hatred burning anything Irish on Bonfire night, how can anyone take them serious?
for info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)
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