Orange Walk

[AgentProvocateur]

Glasgow city centre ground to a halt today, with most of the streets closed to traffic between 9am and 4pm, so that a bunch of bigots could celebrate a war that happened over 300 years ago. There were loads of tourists in town, taking photos and video of the "parade", not knowing the background. And worse than the marchers, are the hangers-on - many of them drunk and with small children who are waving flags for something they know nothing about. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be Scottish.

[Maudlinmaud]

Not Scottish but it's a fact of life where I come from. It's just cultural. The parades pass my home is August and I listen to the music but it goes on very late. No point having the TV on as you can't hear it over the bands. It's not my culture but something I live with.

[rogueantimatter]

I hate to think why they're allowed. What can they claim to be protesting about?

[Calyx72]

Agree with you Agentprovocateur. There's a difference between free speech and glorifying sectarianism.

I wouldn't want to ban their right to do their thing in Glasgow Green or wherever. But the road closures, the noise pollution at 9am (even with earplugs the bang bang bang bang bangitty bang, thud thud thud was just aaargggghhh) and the cost to police etc. Can't see any other group being allowed to do it. The Easter Egg run by bikers for the sick kids at Yorkhill (then Southern/QEUH) had to be all but cancelled last year as Council wouldn't allow the police to Marshall it - but they allow this hatred peddling?!

[chipsandpeas]

i got caught out by them in glasgow last year and vowed at this time of year to always check when this shits going on

[Lidlfix]

I will have the joy next week. Sectarianism bringing its close companions; public urinating, intoxication before breakfast, neglected children and extreme misogynistic swearing.

And my council tax pays for policing whilst the SLAs have a pay cut...

[mayoli]

It's horrible isn't it :(
I had a lot of things to do today in the centre but I couldn't bring myself to go in. Makes me SO sad.

[nooddsocksforme]

I was in Glasgow City Centre too. Also makes me feel ashamed to be Scottish . I do believe in free speech and people are entitled to their opinions but they were holding up the whole city and possibly giving visitors (if they understood what was going on) the impression that this is a majority view. They should be relegated to less public areas. Disgusting.

[AgentProvocateur]

I titled this thread "orange walk fuckers". Does MNHQ change swearing titles now?

[squoosh]

Orange walks are my very least favourite thing about living in Glasgow! The pandering from the police and the Council towards these sectarian knuckle draggers enrages me. The very fact that the city has to grind to a halt for a full day so these idiots can celebrate a foreign country's 350 year old victory in battle is mind boggling. And the worst thing is it's not even just one day in the year! It seems like every other Saturday through the summer months I'm woken by the racket of their drums and their flutes.

Sort it out Glasgow and stop spending my taxes on this divisive shit. This is not the modern image you want to portray to the rest of the UK and the world.

[FlipFlopsReady]

It's got to stop. It's beyond a joke to indulge this bigotry any longer.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Knuckle draggers.

They should make them pay for their own policing and for the road closures - that might curb their enthusiasm a bit...

[Calyx72]

the word has disappeared right enough - that's odd!

[AgentProvocateur]

I got an email from MNHQ. They had a few reports and they felt the title was "provocative" so they changed it. Slightly ironic since an orange walk is the epitome of provocative.

[squoosh]

Ugh. God forbid someone is mean about the sweet little Orange Order...

[MeanAger]

Do they do the twelfth in Glasgow too? We have the pleasure of losing our council run car parks to be used as pallet storage centres for the 3/4 weeks before the twelfth. It's a fucking joke. They just take them and laugh at anyone suggesting they should be moved. The sheer arrogance of it.

[squoosh]

In Glasgow the main march is the week before the twelfth, so they get to bring Glasgow to a standstill and then pop over to Belfast and enjoy their Orange treats too. Double the fun/knuckle dragging (delete as appropriate)

[SheGotOffThePlane]

To be honest I would have titled it 'Scummy Orange Walk Cunts' so I'm outraged on your behalf that it's been censored.

[elphabathegreenone]

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[squoosh]

Maybe MNHQ are fans of the be-sashed ones.

[GeillisTheWitch]

Slightly tongue in cheek meme, but yes I agree that they shouldn't take place, there's no place for this bullshit in today's society.

[GeillisTheWitch]

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[GeillisTheWitch]

Sorry for double post, my browser is playing silly buggers.

[ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs]

I'm another one that HATES the Orange walk. The music and the proper walkers don't rule me as much as the hangers on, pissed out of their heids at 11am , bottle of buckie swinging, baby in pram dressed head to toe in Rangers strip. Ugh!

[ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs]

Rule= rile

[Notreallyarsed]

I hate that shite and the poison it causes. I'm minded every time I hear the beginning "oh my father was an Orangeman" to follow it with "and my mother was a funny colour too." Fucking bigoted, disgusting, outdated load of absolute bollocks.