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[Cllr Gary Hynds @GaryHynds]

Funny how some politicians in Northern Ireland now lecture everyone about protests, disorder and “responsibility” when they publicly backed and funded the Minnesota Freedom Fund during the George Floyd riots in 2020.

This wasn’t simply support for peaceful protest.

It was a bail fund for those arrested during the riots. A fund later heavily criticised after individuals accused of violent offences, rioting and weapons charges were bailed out.

No responsible politician should support violence.

But people are entitled to question the double standards from politicians who supported this in America, yet take a very different tone when unrest happens closer to home.

The hypocrisy is staggering.

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@Slainte321 @BenLowry2 @deirdreheenan Mind your own business.

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@Steve79700690 @BenLowry2 @deirdreheenan Maybe I should have said irish republican's.

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@BenLowry2 @deirdreheenan Unfortunately the last week has seen just how much sectarian hatred there is in the nationalist community. A big problem.

[Melissa Ciummei @KSCUBKEE]

SDLPs Claire Hanna says we must look after our neighbours.

Let’s talk about the children on our own doorstep.

• 6,000+ homeless children in Belfast
• 28% of Belfast children growing up in poverty
• 36%+ of children in parts of North Belfast living in low-income households
• 8 of the 10 most deprived wards in Northern Ireland are in Belfast
• Tens of thousands of families in housing stress
• 55,000+ emergency food parcels provided for children across NI

Belfast has been a “City of Sanctuary” since 2022.

But where is the sanctuary for these children?

If looking after your neighbours means anything, it starts at home.

How can you claim the moral high ground on caring for other people’s children when you’re failing the children you’re elected and paid to represent?

You and your party blatantly ignore that compassion has to be balanced with compassion and the people have had enough of the false virtue.

[Ben Scallan 🇮🇪 @Ben_Scallan]

Not one liberal politician or journalist argued that the George Floyd "I can't breathe" clip shouldn't have been shared. They only want to stop you seeing the Belfast clip because it's massively, massively inconvenient to them - 'sensitivity for victims' has zilch to do with it.

[Ryan 🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 @RedBSierra]

In Newtownards

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@DeirdreHargey Your party/gang is built on sectarian hatred.

[Citizen Journalists @citizenjournos_]

I remember once upon a time Sinn Fein could pull many 100s, maybe 1000s, into the streets at the last minute, such was their grip on working class nationalist areas. Now they AND People Before Profit combined struggled to get a few bus loads of over 55s.

[Booker Dewitt 💔 @WrecklessGamer]

Northern Ireland politicians of all persuasions are running damage limitation because they are getting it in the neck from all sides.

Embarrassingly out of touch with the opinion of the people they are supposed to represent, they continue to double down and refuse to listen and instead simply shout 'racist'.

I hope that works for you but I don't think it will and people have long memories.

You are all shouting at how rhetoric makes things worse. Well, isn't that monumentally hypocritical of every single one you.

If slabbering was an Olympic sport, you'd all be in the running for a gold medal.

[Richard Garland @richardtgarland]

If we are going to challenge the horrific scenes we have witnessed in recent days then we need politicians who are at least consistent.

[Andrew Bridgen @ABridgen]

A great bit of advice

[Citizen Journalists @citizenjournos_]

A meeting about minorities with one crucial ingredient missing. That being the absence of said minorities they are discussing. So very SF.

[Click71 @Click711]

@KateNicholl It's almost a credit to you that you actually got people to vote for you.

[Robert Quigg @robert_quigg]

The recent unrest can't be condoned,the great & the good queue up for condemnation which is fair enough. Last year we had the Ballymena riots same issue, can any of these Politicians tell us what have they done to address the fears/concerns from then?

[Charlotte Gill @CharlotteCGill]

Why should people who can’t afford their own children have to pay for everyone else’s?

[Hannah @ehannah0]

I don’t like seeing Belfast on fire. Nobody does.

But if politicians are looking for somebody to blame, they should look in the mirror.

It’s not Elon Musk or social media.
It’s politicians that have betrayed voters time and again.

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@GBNEWS Donegal is the North of ireland. Who knew they had a rascism problem.

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@MirabelTweets1 Don't go there then.

[Michelle Dewberry @MichelleDewbs]

Our government seems more bothered about stopping people seeing bad stuff happening, then it does about stopping the bad stuff happening.

It is said bad stuff which is inciting disorder. Trying to hide it from people will make things worse, not better.

It blows my mind that in moments like this, instead of thinking “right, we really need to stop the issues giving people cause for concern’ this government instead thinks ‘what we need to do, is control people even further’…

Absolutely clueless.