MoFromBelfast

Caved in to anonymity. Political. Left leaning centrist. Bitcoin believer.

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Councillor Matt Blair (FB post):

“Apparently I’m a “traitor” now. This came as something of a surprise.

Fun fact: some people join the Armed Forces because they believe in protecting their country and its values.

I used to get paid to skirmish with the Taliban in Afghanistan. These days I apparently betray my country by challenging far-right conspiracy rhetoric on Facebook (for considerably less pay, I might add)

Courage. Discipline. Respect for Others. Integrity. Loyalty. Selfless Commitment. #CDRILS.

Those values didn’t stop mattering when I took the uniform off.

And that’s the thing about the flag. The flag itself isn’t the important bit. It’s what it represents. You can wrap yourself in one, stick one on every lamppost and shout about patriotism until you’re blue in the face. The harder bit is actually living by the values you claim it represents.

In the British Army, we expect high standards from our leadership. If the people at the top were filling their pockets, sipping champagne and slurping oysters while everyone else was out doing the hard graft, I can assure you the lads and lasses wouldn’t respond by blaming the bloke next to them.

That’s the bit I don’t understand about this version of patriotism. When things get hard, the anger always seems to travel downwards.

Being angry about the state of the country is perfectly legitimate, understandable frankly. But strength isn’t finding someone with less power than you to blame for it.

Look up. Expect better from the people with power. That feels considerably more patriotic to me.” 🇬🇧

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@DonAlt Except he and his family have made a fortune.

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@Sronicker111481 @maddenifico He said '"dumbest". Well done for proving his point.

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@JohnSimpsonNews @pmci1978 @LucyGoBag But telling what's actually happening isn't just repeating the party's line.

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@BTriagain That isn't Katie Taylor. That's Michaela Walsh.

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@EssexPR But but free speech.....

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@Luis_Cook1 Maybe it's because Reform's corruption is off the scale?

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@RafeAnstruther @mooreholmes24 Have you looked across the water recently?

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@mooreholmes24 I've been a unionist with a small u, but when unionism hails the recent Garvaghy Rd ruling as some massive victory, it shows it's as good as dead. Unionism continues to exclude and isolate as it has done for years & years. It never learns.

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@johnrockshomes Maybe you're the problem?

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@UTVNews I'm sorry, if this is what Unionism classes as seismic, it's doomed.

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@LucyTCWife The irony of you posting this, the hypocrisy and lack of self awareness is amazing. How can you be that oblivious?

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@BohuslavskaKate As is Farage.

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@MattCon90191238 @SPMcFrizzle You seem to be the person who has a boner for him. Crying about his clothes on X. Sad b#stard.

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@nadhimzahawi Reform again showing us they are just pound store Trump wannabes. Anyone who thinks Restore is the answer, just look across the pond. And if you're barinwashed enough to think that's going well, pay attention the mid-terms.

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@Neets21 @Ashton1963k This figure only reflects those who have been caught. Those who need it should get it 100%, but I have known 3 people on PIP who have had mild underlying conditions but exaggerate the hell out of them l and know how to play the system. My dad was one of them.

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@claire_adams694 All I see and hear the 'right ' never shutting the F up but yet somehow you feel you can't say it.

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@ashchapman44 @YoungBobRB Ah right, so you saw a few videos online and then tarred a whole section of society with the same brush. Exactly.

[MoFromBelfast @MoFromBelfast]

@ashchapman44 @YoungBobRB No they don't. Stop brainwashing yourself and making prejudiced assumptions about whole sections of society.

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@YoungBobRB As much as that looks grim, why the fuck are you bringing Jason Arday's name into this? You are no better.