Thatâs not how it works. If a white person says the n word and claims they didnât mean offence theyâd be laughed out of it.
The Up the Ra chant is designed to give offence and dehumanise their victims. Protestants and English and anybody else are quite entitled to point out what itâs glorifying.
Nobody here cares when themmuns are offended but they sure get offended when Loyalists sing about âourâ murder victims.
If people donât want Loyalists to sing about âourâ murder victims we shouldnât sing songs of glorification of those who mass murdered Protestants and English civilians.
Itâs actually crazy that Amber Barrett was talking very eloquently about the victims of the accidental Creeslough explosion and then ten minutes later was singing songs about the people who caused so many similar explosions which killed people just like the victims of Creeslough - unsuspecting civilians, except the IRA did it deliberately.
Because it was funny and confrontational in the same way it was funny and confrontational when Stewart Lee said âletâs have a big clap for the good old IRAâ because Stewart Lee is a Brummie and Liverpool fans are Scousers both of which are England whereas when Irish people do it the context changes completely.
There are people who do just that at the NSBM Asgardsrei Festival in Kiev.
As I said already most reasonable people can differentiate between such noncense and authentic songwriting
It can hurt you by whipping up hatred in society. Music and chants are used to do that.
Of course they should.
The question is should people be allowed make films or art glorifying the Holocaust.
If such a film was made, do you think it should be shown publicly in the name of âfree speechâ?
Thatâs an utterly bizarre statement. You think thereâs no difference between Claude Lanzmannâs âShoahâ or other documentaries or filmâs like Schindlerâs List which are handled sensitively and a hypothetical film glorifying the Holocaust for kicks?
