"๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐. ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐.
Every July, Unionist culture comes under attack by the media, Sinn Fรฉin, Alliance, and the SDLP, all lining up to kick the Unionist community.
Every Parade, Every Bonfire, and Every Banner are all turned into national scandals.
Just look at this July.
๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ โ 70+ bands, 12,000 people in attendance, peaceful & family-friendly โ Yet smeared continuously and painted as "controversial" in the media.
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ โ No effort to work with locals to find a solution, just weeks long condemnation and attacks. Where is the concern for the health of the community now?
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ โ Front page of the Irish News and painted as โintimidationโ when it was simply Unionist children in fancy dress having a parade.
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ โ Decision by Cricket Club to cancel the event was taken before the Comber lodge commented. The Cricket Club even praised their relationship with the lodge. The media and political parties however went into meltdown and the Belfast Telegraph even "door stepping" the Lodge's leader.
๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ Claimed โprovocationโ over The Sash being played outside on the 12th โ Yet the office was EMPTY and this was the main parade route.
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ โ Wonโt promote the 12th, but promotes and funds Pride & Feile an Phobail.
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ โ Unionist Concerns of the GAA's promotion of terrorism labelled in the media as the โlast kicks of a dying horse.โ
However lets look at the real facts.
โ Every July, Unionist communities build around 300 bonfires.
โ 297+ were safe, successful, family-friendly events. Only 2-3 had any issues.
โ The 11th & 12th of July see hundreds of thousands lining the streets.
โ Scarva pulls tens of thousands more.
โ Tourists flock here from Scotland, England & far beyond just to experience it.
โ This is one of the biggest cultural celebrations in the UK.
Yet if you believed the media, youโd think the whole month was chaos... as the media digs out isolated incidents and blows them up to smear an entire community.
๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ โฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ.
๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ is sold as an "Arts and culture festival" That everyone can enjoy.
In reality, itโs a festival saturated with terrorist glorification.
๐ด Patrick Magee (PIRA) โ Brighton bomber, who murdered 5 peopleโ given a platform for his own event .
๐ด A Dedicated "Prisoners Day" โ Celebrating convicted terrorists.
๐ด Jim โFlashโ McVeigh (PIRA) โ Events led by this Twice-convicted bomber.
๐ด Plays & talks romanticising Martin McGuinnessโs IRA career.
๐ด GAA โMothersโ tournament named after bomb-maker Siobhรกn OโHanlon.
๐ด Under-12.5s GAA cup named after Joe Cahill, mastermind of Bloody Friday (9 dead).
๐ด Image of Brendan โBikโ McFarlane โ killer of 5 Protestants in the Bayardo Bar attack โ Screened to 12,000 young people.
Imagine if Unionists hosted an Under-12s or a "Fathers & Son"s football or rugby Tournament named after a Loyalist mass murderers. We don't need to imagine as we know thereโd be arrests, funding withdrawn and condemnation from all Political Parties and rightly so.
Whereโs the media now?
โ Not doorstepping Feile organisers.
โ Not grilling Sinn Fรฉin on a "lack of leadership.โ
โ Not running weeks long panels demanding answers.
Because hereโs the truth, In July, Unionists are put on trial in the Media. In August, terrorists are put on stage. ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐. And the double standard couldnโt be clearer".
(This article was posted on a private Facebook groups page.... NOT MY WORDS)
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