AIBU to question the media response to the Belfast attack?

[Squirrel001]

Why are the media being silent on the Belfast attack?

Is the open borders narrative that important to them that they feel the need to ignore one of the most horrific attacks ever seen on a UK street?

I despair for the future of the UK. It’s grim.

My Husband is from west Belfast. My family is from Belfast. I lived in Andersontown for 10 years. Of course mixed marriages are very common now.
it’s just unusual for a Protestant to identify as Irish living in NI. There are Irish Protestants in the republic.
My DH has never had any interest in the troubles, he has made great friendships through working with Protestant people. The division is caused by a minority.
But does mean i got the worst of sectarianism from both sides growing up. no, the opposite, you got a balanced view that human is human and love is love.
I love how the under 25’s have lived a relatively peaceful life, people mix, date, marry, friends.
That comment was not sectarian it followed on in a conversation, you’re nit picking. I have the right to say that too as an Irish Catholic who grew up with family from NI, having lived there too.

"But does mean i got the worst of sectarianism from both sides growing up. no, the opposite, you got a balanced view that human is human and love is love., the opposite, you got a balanced view that human is human and love is love."

There you go again, telling people that their lived experiences are not true. How very dare you. I very much did get the worst of sectarianism from both sides. My brother was murdered because of it. I have scars up and down my legs and a hole in my cheekbone because of it.

I am done engaging with you.

'it’s just unusual for a Protestant to identify as Irish living in NI. There are Irish Protestants in the republic'

Yes I was surprised to read that. Of course I don't live there so am not allowed a view apparently.

@EmeraldShamrock000 your posts have been so measured and informative thankyou sharing your lived experiences.

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Someone tells you their brother was murdered in a sectarian attack and your first thought is to make a patronising comment about them being “a wee but sensitive” about culture. Wow. Outstanding.

It does seem to be a common theme. A pp who now lives in Scotland seems to have so much unresolved resentment and anger about the past too. I do understand when people have bad experiences but surely at some point they need to draw a line and move on?

How can it be fixed, what is making people of NI still so angry (genuine question I'm not being goady].

I don’t know how I didn’t see that.
I am sorry. 😔
My husband lost two uncles too.

My brother died in a road accident over 40 years ago. You don’t “move on”. God knows how you live with them having been quite deliberately killed.

Did you honestly just say I'm a "wee bit sensitive" about my culture following a post about the murder of my brother, for which said culture is purely responsible, for no other reason than the religion of one of his parents? While we sit and watch the same culture, the same people responsible, wreck havoc on our streets attempting to murder people for no other reason than the colour of their skin? Both in the name of "protection." Is it a wee bit sensitive to call this out when we see it happening again, to not want history repeating itself, to say we do not want this on our streets, we do not want you to speak for us, we do not want other innocent people caught in the crossfire.

Again, you can’t see why having family members murdered in senseless sectarian violence could make someone angry?

Sectarian violence happens every day in NI, people are still killed or assaulted for being the wrong type and some of these comments from people who barely have anything more than a basic understanding are not helpful at best and perpetuate stereotypes and sectarianism at worse.

Lots of people lost people. Tragic and horrifying yes, sorry for anyone who is bereaved on both sides. The troubles are allegedly over though so why is there still so much sectarianism as demonstrated on this very thread. A pp telling me off for saying 'hun'. So much bile and hate being spat at others. I don't live there i should shut up, I'm a racist, I'm 'anti Irish'. Without any evidence to support either claim.

What part of my follow up post didn’t you see.
I am sorry about your brother, though you have been badgering other posters around their words and descriptions, like you’re in charge of how we speak about NI and the culture, In the way, you’re over sensitive policing the conversation.

We've all lost people. Obviously grief is forever but reliving the divisive bitterness and bile doesn't help anyone.

Has peaceful Gerry had anything more to say I wonder and more importantly has anyone told him how to spell racist.

Eh? Where were the riots and fires when a Sikh woman was raped in her home by a white man? He whipped his victim, strangled her, turned hot water on her in the tub, made her say Hallelujah, repeated on many occasions that he was the master, and that she was ‘a fucking bitch and a fucking Muslim bitch’. He repeatedly said that he was giving her some big British white cock.

I can’t see a single bit of bile that poster has spouted, can you reference specifically what you’re referring to?
There is no suggestion the poster is holding onto sectarianism due to what she experienced, in fact it seems like the opposite and she sees things repeating themselves.

How on earth can you talk about other people speaking hate because you were politely corrected on your offensive term in a conversation about NI? Hun is a slur in NI, you don’t have to automatically know everything but you don’t need to remain ignorant when things are pointed out to you.

Your comments are totally tone deaf.

'Your comments are totally tone deaf'

And I could say the same to the 'you don't live here' posters who haven't offered anything in way of solutions for border control, just brought up a murder from 1994 in way of supporting their theory that protestors are targeting pregnant women and the 'Shankill butchers' slit throats too so this kind of atrocity is not a new thing .

Anymore arrests at the protests announced?

Too quick to object to being told you were wrong and in a rush to get a dig in.

The idea that children of mixed marriages had all the love is nonsense. Many children growing up in those circumstances were damaged by the fear and secrecy.

You’re just being provocative now. The mask has slipped.

Trying to get the thread back on track and asking about arrests is 'provocative' now?!

I don't have a mask neither slipped nor unslipped. That ironically is a rather provocative thing to say!

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That's interesting - I'm half Irish and have to get men's hats in a large

Did you not check the news?

Jesus Christ I wasn't going to post again but fuck me theres no hope with all this shite spouted history raked up and folk playing top trumps

Ive seen and experienced at 69 shit that would make your hair curl, managed to bring my children up to respect other cultures so much they married them😆

Im actually despairing at what im reading here this morning😪

No I'm asking here, that ok? Or next time there's a horrific atrocity and protests are we just to say 'check the news'?