Sinn Féiner TD Brian Stanley deleted a tweet about Kilmichael and Narrow Water over the weekend, then apologised for it, saying that it was, 'inappropriate and insensitive'.
Kilmichael and Narrow Water were successful IRA operations against sections of the British military which had murdered innocent people on Bloody Sunday in 1920 and the more recent Bloody Sunday in 1972. How could anyone claiming to be a Republican apologise for comparing the two historical events?
In fact, Sinn Féiners seem to have an annoying habit of apologising at the crack of a whip. Martina Anderson 'apologised unreservedly' for her ‘dirty war’ tweet back in August after her attempt at a bit of the old Republicanism had the Unionists barking their outrage.
It's not surprising, given that the Sinn Féiners squeaky-booted from Republicanism a long time ago and conformed to the very system brave men and women died fighting against. So much for the 'Unapologetic Irish Republicanism' of the past. It is now seen as being 'inappropriate and insensitive'.
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Given the Declan Kearney apologies to the British military forces and the RUC for the hurt and pain they experienced during the war, this comes as no surprise. The thought that Tom Barry, Dan Breen or Ernie O'Malley would have ever considered apologising to the British military or the RIC for the hurt and pain they suffered during the War of Independence is unimaginable. Yet there are many members of Sinn Féin who would put such apologises today down to, 'changed times' and the need to 'move on'.
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The ranting reverend, Ian Paisley, gave a speech in 2004; in which he referred to a Gerry Adams' statement that they wanted to humiliate the IRA in regards to decommissioning. Paisley thundered:
There’s nothing wrong with that. I think it’s a very noble thing ... The IRA needs to be humiliated. And they need to wear their sackcloth and ashes, not in a backroom but openly. And we have no apology to make for the stand we are taking.
Clearly his words are ringing true, as far as the Sinn Féiners are concerned. They are wearing sackcloth and ashes a lot these days.
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Those scarves and waistcoats that Laurence McKeown supposedly made, out of what must have been a king size blanket that he kept from the H Blocks, never took off as being fashionable in Gerry's party. How ironic given that the wearing of sackcloth and ashes are, without doubt, the equivalent of the prison uniform which they tried and failed to get us to wear back during those dark days of the late 1970s/early 80s.
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Thomas Dixie Elliot is a Derry artist and a former H Block Blanketman.
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Sounds like Brian Stanley deleted that tweet because High Command told him to do so.
ReplyDeleteThe minute I heard he had made the statement I told my wife that it would be pulled by the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteIt is now inappropriate and insensitive for SF to endorse the war that Bobby Sands died promoting the legitimacy of. But they will still want to claim his legacy.
Wasn't the issue that the shinners were claiming direct lineage between the 1920 and 1970 IRA when the originals morphed into FF or FG?
ReplyDeleteYepp, that's the cause of umbrage in the 26
DeleteStanley's tweet was prompted by the centenary of Kilmichael
And the status quo parties didn't want the Provies piggy-backing on it
Good 'Old IRA'
Bad Provie cunts
Even in todays Irish Times the actions are differentiated
Kilmichael was an ambush
But Narrow-water a "massacre"
Change your words and you change the world, how are ya!
I don't know what more there is to say about SF, Napoleon trasitioned to two legs a long time ago
ReplyDeleteAnd they make no apology for grovelling to meet the Colonel-in-Chief of The Parachute Regiment or his mother? Much less require them to apologise for both Bloody Sunday Massacres and other atrocities committed by thier armed forces.
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DeleteIf in government SF politicians will extradite comrades of Bobby Sands to the British, so afraid are they of losing their political careers.
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