{"id":2210,"date":"2013-07-31T14:51:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2013-07-31T14:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:51:18","slug":"what-are-loyalists-loyal-to-the-other-villager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.longkeshinsideout.co.uk\/?p=2210","title":{"rendered":"What Are Loyalists Loyal To?: The Other Villager"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Are Loyalists Loyal To?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A very interesting article and one\u00a0I have lots of difficulty with. Loyalism? What are Loyalists loyal to exactly? It certainly isn\u2019t the British State or its Constabulary, as we see every year when contentious marches are opposed. Perhaps it\u2019s Protestantism? But then\u00a0I don\u2019t see much evidence of the teaching of Jesus being displayed by members of \u2018Loyalist\u2019 terrorist groups or their supporters.\u00a0 It\u2019s a word that doesn\u2019t appear to have meaning, or at least one\u00a0I can see.\u00a0 Social and economic depravation is at it\u2019s worst where terrorist, community organisations flourish the most.\u00a0 The \u2018Peoples Army\u2019 have butchered more of their own community than the so called enemy ever did and this applies to the IRA also. \u00a0I come from a working class (Those that work) estate,\u00a0I sought employment, found it and made a humble life for me and my family.\u00a0 Never once did\u00a0I or those around me cry and beg for Peace III monies. In an apparent catch up and using the exact same marxist, Sinn Fein mantra, Progressive Loyalists are now adopting this \u2018Poor me\u2019, begging bowl strategy.\u00a0 A common trait within the socialist community. Respect is not given, it is earned!\u00a0 How do you expect Republicans to respect your culture and traditions when you insist in parading it over the top of them on an annual basis?\u00a0 For the record,\u00a0I support the right to parade, it is an important part of the culture and history of this Country, but refusal to negotiate where offence is taken is downright stupid. You don\u2019t believe Republicans have moved in anyway shape or form to respect the view point of your community?\u00a0 Not even that they have declared the armed struggle as a failure and are now implimenting British Rule in what they see as Ireland?\u00a0 Sinn Fein have a strategy, they are sticking to it and it\u2019s working.\u00a0 Take the parade they voluntarily re-routed recently.\u00a0 What did that tell the world? \u00a0It told the world that unlike the Loyalists, we are approachable and level headed. It invited the world to look at who the peacemakers are, who the resonable ones are.\u00a0 It was of course a well thought out and deliberate strategy, but as far as image and moulding opinions was concerned, it was a very clever and cynical move indeed. Contrast that with the violence, stubborn attitudes and economically unsound behaviour displayed on the Crumlin Road\/Ardoyne. How do we move on then? For starters, we need to leave the \u2018Poor me\u2019 attitude behind. We need real politics and not the sectarian drivel we have at the moment.\u00a0 When we stop looking at people as Catholics or Protestants and start looking at them as individuals, only then will we slowly start to make the economic and social changes you crave. Hopefully we can do away with the \u2018No one likes us we don\u2019t care\u2019 belief and put out a genuine hand of friendship to those we previously saw as our enemies, maybe then the silver lining can be realised.<\/p>\n

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