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I donāt recall Elvis Costello getting similar treatment for Oliverās Army with the same term used to describe 6 County nationalists.
If he used it now he may. Different times (as you know).
Iām not saying itās wrong, as he certainly meant no offence, but using the word in any context is dangerous in these strange days of liberal fascism.
The longer jarry remains as head of sinn fein/ira the better. Normal honest working will never vote for them
Do you remember much about 1978?
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I thought during the election that Gerry was showing early signs of dementia.
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Context or nuance arenāt concepts with which the anti-Sinn Fein simpletons here are familiar, mate.
They think context is a brand of exterior paint.
Gerrys twitter has been clearly open to this happening for some time. It was harmless enough shit for a long time, but how any political party didnt see a danger in his, quite simply, bizarre posting habits, is beyond me.
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Iāve a suspicion that āa cloakā descends on him sometimes when he tweets.
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A balaclava of sorts perhaps?
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A large bottle of balaclava, Iād say.
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I think you meant to say: āAnd in what brand of exterior paint is it OK to make āchinkyā and homo jokes?ā
The screaming Marys are out in forceā¦ Modern Ireland, where you canāt look sideways and someone is offended. 
Remember when a similar quip was made just over 20 years ago in The Commitments and it was hilariousā¦ If that movie/book was made today I could only imagine the outrage expressed on this forum and across the nationā¦
Indeed, I was going to mention that.
The anti-PC opportunistic PC brigade are the biggest screaming Marys of them all.
Ken Livingstone is also a racist now, apparently.
Of course, we are too good to be the blacks of Europe these daysā¦ We once wore it like a badgeā¦ but now the blacks are the blacks of Europeā¦ along with the Eastern Europeans, Asians, Indians, Pakistanis, Syrians etc. etc.
Say it loud and say it proud, the Irish are the most pretentious cunts in Europeā¦and Dubliners and the most pretentious cunts in Ireland and south-siders are the most over inflated pretentious racists cunts in Dublinā¦
Noā¦ youāll never be cool, mateā¦ ever.
I fully understand the context. And personally donāt find the comment offensive. But itās 2016. It is not an acceptable word to use to describe someone in any context now. Gerry knows that, I know that, pretty much everyone knows that. Unbelievably naieve at best
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You are the same screaming Mary who flagged an @ironmoth post for daring to have an alternative perspective on transgender issues.
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He called them mentally ill. Probably the most disgusting post iāve ever seen on the internet anywhereā¦
Gerry used a term synonymous with slavery to portray how the nationalist community in the North feelā¦
You simply cannot compare the two.