Republic of Ireland WNT - We're all part of Vera and Tony O'Donoghues Army

[Perez2017]

@Cheasty

Everybody knows how common it is. It’s been like that for a long time. The point is it shouldn’t be. Ironically I think an unintentional reinforcer of it was the Rubberbandits’ Up The Ra song which was meant to ridicule barstool Republicanism, but like Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, ultimately served to glorify the very culture it was making fun of.

The very people who recite slogans like “the outraged on Twitter brigade” tend to be the very same people who were most celebrating the public shaming including losing their jobs of those who sing offensive songs on the “other side”, ie. they are the outraged on Twitter brigade.

This is the irony.

For the record I’m pleased the FAI and the team have apologised and I think that should be the end of the matter as long it’s made clear it doesn’t ever happen again and that any repeats will be looked at with less forgiveness.

So you never sang an IRA song at a house party, pub or on holidays? Pull the other one.

[Cheasty]

So do you approve of the team singing about the IRA? Especially given that the scorer of the goal was talking about the victims of the Creeslough explosion?

Are some explosions which kill people bad and some good? Is that it?

[Perez2017]

@Cheasty

So do you approve of the team singing about the IRA? Especially given that the scorer of the goal was talking about the victims of the Creeslough explosion?

Are some explosions which kill people bad and some good? Is that it?

I don’t condone it but we have all sang those songs including you.

[Cheasty]

So you approve of the apology from the FAI and the team?

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I just saw the video.

Ffs sake - who shared that

[Perez2017]

@Cheasty

So you approve of the apology from the FAI and the team?

Didn’t read it to be honest mate.

[Lazarus]

Micheal O Regan calling out Limerick culture here

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Timmy Dooley played that beautifully

Lynn Boylan in the green blazer is struggling badly

[dodgy_keeper]

Michael O’Regan is some Uncle Tom.

SF and Republicanism will get a boost from this story, most sane people realise they made a mistake singing a song briefly and they’ve apologised so the over reaction will play into their hands.

[Lazarus]

100%

[Lazarus]

Wasn’t there a crowd selling rashers who used Some say the Devil is dead in an ad campaign not too long ago. Dont recall all this outrage then

[estebandaface]

come out you black and hams you’re thinking of are you ?

[Lazarus]

Yes. Was all a good laugh then. A bunch of girls do it and the media and chattering classes go into meltdown. Hard not to think there is an sexist undercurrent to the criticism they are recieving here

[Cheasty]

Just goes shows a lot of those who pretended to be outraged over the Michaela McAreavey song in reality had no problem with songs glorifying murder, as long as it’s the murders of themmuns that are being celebrated.

[StoneCold]

I would have thought the song is inoffensive enough except for the Up The Ra bit. Maybe it refers to the good IRA of the early 20th century?

[Thomas_Brady]

All RAs are good.

[StoneCold]

There’s no such thing as a bad IRA, some are just better than others

[estebandaface]

should we not sing songs until every last one of the imperialist bastards has left our island. Or something

we need everything to be restored to pre 1169 - we will sing whatever songs we want until then.

[Cheasty]

@StoneCold

I would have thought the song is inoffensive enough except for the Up The Ra bit. Maybe it refers to the good IRA of the early 20th century?

I somehow doubt it given given the song dates from 1987 and was written by a group which routinely glorified the PIRA.

[StoneCold]

I’m sure lapsed poster @hill16bhoy never sang the Celtic Symphony with gusto on his various trips to Parkhead.