Interesting way to measure consensus, of course it’s only meant to be applied to “safe” subjects.
The “Innocence of Muslims” film protests were bigger, and more “enthusiastic” shall we say, than any anti-Jihad protest over the recent comparable period. An American president sided with the religious extremists threatening his citizens, long before Trump/Charlottesville I might add.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
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Interesting way to measure consensus, of course it’s only meant to be applied to “safe” subjects.
ReplyDeleteThe “Innocence of Muslims” film protests were bigger, and more “enthusiastic” shall we say, than any anti-Jihad protest over the recent comparable period. An American president sided with the religious extremists threatening his citizens, long before Trump/Charlottesville I might add.