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Shocker yeah ? Having strong Northern Irish roots. But then idiots like him keep the shit going on like this ? Hmm I've had family affected by the troubles. He's republican scum.
Republican scum? Because he chose not to recognise or pay homage to a flag and anthem symbolic with oppression, imperialism and murder in his country.
Would you stand for the Nazi anthem and Swastika if it was played in an event you were at?
I know. I lived in Ireland for 3 years.
Sorry I didn't mean generic Irish attitudes towards the English. I meant if individual Irish people (like jimmy mac) had views and they caused any offence then it would be incumbent on the Englishman living in Ireland to learn a little history (example in my time was the protests by some people about rugby being played at Croke Park as well as GSTQ).
However in this case Jimmy Mac is the guy living abroad. He should be trying to distinguish the difference between imperialist militarism and standard respectful patriotism. The latter should be respected the former I would expect a Derry native to take a stand and communicate his decision properly to his employers. He did that with Wigan but not us.
I thought it would be fairly obvious why McClean would not wear a poppy but that didn't stop ignorant people unleashing their hate on him.