I'm now quite ambivalent about the whole black lives matter thing .
I had utmost sympathy for the deaths of the most recent people in US whilst being arrested but that's a whole 'ked up situation/country over there .
I'd begun to be very irritated by the constant media coverage and that we should all be forced down on one knee begging for forgiveness for things that occurred 200 + years ago until this ..
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53152212
How does a banner stating white lives matter warrant such condemnation ?
Are others not allowed to voice their feelings too in the aftermath of a multiple murder by a person of different ethnicity .
Is it only black lives lost at the hands of police officers that are allowed to be brought to our attention ads nauseam.
Is it really so offensive to state the obvious .
Do the non white community have copyright on the English language .
The bame's of this world seem to have cleverly manipulated the situation to a " if you're not with us you're against us and therefore a racist " scenario .
Newton's third law springs to mind .
Out of curiosity, how many black (or the rest of the BAME bandwagon for that matter) people are there in Eire?
I couldn't tell you the % , very small I'd think.
I don't know any bame's living/working here .
There is a small islamic community in Killarney , not large enough for a grand mosque but I don't see that ever being built anyway.
We have a centre in the town that houses asylum seekers and they can be seen glumly walking the streets . I actually feel sorry for them being sent to this corner of Ireland . The opportunities here are very limited , not because of the fact that they are non Irish bame's but simply due to the fact that there is very little , if any , chance of being able to get employment and contribute to the economy. We have just recently had a cafe chain with food manufacturing facility serving it and the local schools and hospital , go bust losing 47 jobs . That is a significant figure down here .
We have an Eastern European quarter which is almost entirely on benefit.
The Locals ,although not showing any outward negativity to bame's ,will always display and apply a preference to those they know and grew up with. I'd be of the belief that that criteria would apply in most of rural ireland .
The Irish are a very welcoming people but I believe that you have to show willingness to fit in with their way of life and not try to change it.
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