(12-06-2020 12:11 )terence Wrote:  i just learned that one of newrys favourite sons who has a statue, street named after him and a gaelic team was a horrible racist and confederate.

john mitchel. just read wikipedia about his exploits. illuminating to say the least. think there's calls to remove the statue and rename the street, though i'm not sure about 'the mitchels gaa' reaction yet.

(12-06-2020 12:13 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  {snip}This focus on statues etc won’t achieve anything

(12-06-2020 18:04 )Skyline Wrote:  [SNIP]

(12-06-2020 18:30 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  

(12-06-2020 12:11 )terence Wrote:  i just learned that one of newrys favourite sons who has a statue, street named after him and a gaelic team was a horrible racist and confederate.

john mitchel. just read wikipedia about his exploits. illuminating to say the least. think there's calls to remove the statue and rename the street, though i'm not sure about 'the mitchels gaa' reaction yet.

Are we talking about the 1916 thing?

(12-06-2020 20:48 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  I've always understood it's more to do with the Beatles song

And that fuckwit Piers Morgan tweeted he wants Churchill's box removed the fucking cunt is such a hypocrite. The other thing I would say is at the time of his arrest did George Floyd actually resisted arrest?