The big deal is there’s no shame. They couldn’t sing about any other violent group, from the Ku Klux Klan to Al-Qa’ida, because their acts are rightly seen as grotesque and their cause entirely illegitimate and immoral. But there’s no shame in the IRA. Why?
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TIL violence is an ideology that links the IRA, KKK, and Alqaida. Really they’re all the same thing
This is unironically the Liberal mindset distilled. Identity Politics has them linking together groups based around behaviors as much as other features. Violence is just another behavior that can link together disparate groups politically. It’s is, you know, the root neurosis causes them to react so hard against, the IRA, Al Qaida, *sniff* revolutionary communism, and so on, as a way to act out their own inversion. It is precisely this moment, you know, *sniff* that is Ideology.
because their acts are rightly seen as grotesque and their cause entirely illegitimate and immoral
They already answered their own question. Because the cause is not entirely illegitimate and immoral.
Lmao it’s so absurd on the surface, it’s just anti-violence in all ways (except when it’s done by a state and their enforcers).
Childlike position. People are fine with violence depending on what it is wielded for, and for these people they see the cause as having been just.
Also the songs are banging.
If you sing God save the king you’re basically al Qa’ida, but unironically
Self defense is only okay when I do it. When you defend yourself against me though that’s wrong
