James McLean is from Derry, where bloody sunday took place
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And he always refuses to wear the poppy every year. Gets all kinds of abuse from english fans, even though he’s never very loud or showy, doesn’t make a big deal about it, just doesn’t wear it. But he gets all kinds of stick for it and the english media (and people on social media) always try to make it sound like they were the victims on bloody sunday, or that the IRA bombing empty malls is the same as centuries of English opression in Ireland.
The serbian player Nemanja Matic also (rightly imo) refused to wear one because of UK’s involvement in bombing Serbia, but that never gets mentioned and he doesn’t get any shit for it.
“Being Irish means you’re guilty, so we’re guilty one and all”
People from the colonies should never question the current colonizer thing.
It’s the same here in Belgium where people made a big fuss about Congolese people wanting to remove statues of Leopold, who killed ten million Congolese people during his reign. Most of the fancy buildings in Brussels are paid by looting the Congo and killing everyone that didn’t obey. But apparently that’s a ‘touchy’ subject for the whities.
The whole country has gone into full bootlicking mode it seems. This is one of the few anti-monarchy displays I have heard of.
and the end of “mourning” the queens death will soon be followed by poppy season
What do the poppies signify? edit: Poppies are the red flower thing they tack on their coats right?
in the UK they were poppies on Nov 11 (Remembrance Day) in memory of everyone who fought in WW1. IIRC it as meant for the veterans of the war only. At least that was the original intent. It has turned into a month long patriotism test more or less. Everyone in public life wears poppies, including professional athletes, tv presenters, people put poppies in their social media profiles. Not doing so–especially for someone like James McClean–means your in for a lot of abuse basically.
https://youtu.be/aLUEJ0aNfCI He wouldn’t sing God Save the Queen, McClean! McClean! 🇮🇪🇮🇪
James McClean he hates the fucking queen
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Annnnnd arrested.
