DUP -Führer runden die „Intoleranz der protestantischen Kultur“ der Republik ab, lehnt die irische Einheit ab
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/09/20/dup-leader-rounds-on-republics-intolerance-of-protestant-culture-dismisses-irish-unity/
Von feedthebear
37 Kommentare
How about ‚Suck my fat one‘.
Think the fact that the majority of protestants who live in the Republic have been polled as happy with the state of things here invalidates his claim completely. No one here gives two shits what your religion is
sectarian, racist gobshite complains without evidence that others are intolerant. That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
We’re not intolerant of Protestant culture, we’re intolerant of sectarian apartheid and annual „Kill All Taigs“ festivals.
Gavin would never ever dismiss Irish unity 🙄
This boy has spent too much time in the lodges. The world is moving on.
The shit you have to contend with in the workplace if your name is like Fenian McFenianface in the North. They feel superior to you in every way.
What is Protestant culture? Do all the Protestant sects care about the twelve? I don’t think so.
I bet he puts his toaster away when he’s done.
Whereas him and his like are pretty much intolerant of everything that isn’t them.
If he wants to confront bigotry he should start with the man in the mirror. The dup are constantly criticising and throwing digs at Ireland over everything, their contempt for Irish people is palpable
When it comes to intolerance, the DUP as a whole can get fucked.
Loyalist in „dismissing Irish unity“ shocker.
Liberal societies cannot be indifferent to discrimination – intolerance towards intolerance is an essential characteristic. The Orange Order is one such discriminatory organisation, it is institutionally bigoted, sexist, and supremacist. Calling it out as such is not a sign of a dysfunctional society, it’s a signifier of a society that values equality and decency.
Honestly this is another case of a public figure having their inside thoughts get loose and on the run outside. Sad.
I’ve lived in 2 different towns in Ireland, both have big Protestant churches in the middle of the town. I have no idea if anyone I know in the towns are Protestant because nobody cares
That’s probably the best marker of an inclusive society that you can have
Does a love of burning pallets count as culture now?
I’m intolerant of nothing but intolerance.
Nobody in the Republican of Ireland cares whether you’re Protestant or Catholic.
In terms of Irish Unity – nobody of any sane mind cares about that either. Most people, north and south of the border are just trying to put food on the table and go out and do a days work and return home safely to their family, without getting bombed or disappeared. Unity will happen in time, but forcing it will only delay it by generations. Do it once – when it’s right and ready.
What’s with all the hate filled supremacist states saying we are against their religion?? Believe it or not you can’t defend dodgy actions by saying that anyone who questions it is intolerant of your version of worship to basically the same God…..
Don’t recall ever having a bonfire and burning effigies of Protestants as a cultural celebration.
Man who’s against everything is against this.
Dosey wankers
You mean bigotry, hate etc. Yea stuff it – let’s keep the border.
I’m a southern prod, born and raised, and i have never received any trouble for it, at most i get a little shocked „oh“ when i tell people when the topic comes up
Another vote from a southern prod turned atheist who has never had a tap of bother from anyone for my ancestry or background.
Two of our nine presidents have been protestant. Erskin Childers and Douglas Hyde. The latter of which is also the first president of Ireland. Robinson is a bigot baiting moron.
I guarantee he can’t define „protestant culture“ in public.
If they were improving the lives of their supporters you’d doff your hat and say fairplay to the DUP. „At least the loyalist community is getting wealthier and improving the lives for their children.“
But that’s not what happens.
They’re watching their community being beggared.
They’re leeches on the Loyalist community.
Yes that awfully oppressed and discriminated against minority in the 26 counties.
So heavily repressed that despite their small number and the institutionalised intolerance they face, they have…(checks notes) actually held the offce of Irish President, and currently have a candidate running?!
Wait a second? Wouldn’t a competent sectarian and discriminatory state take steps to ensure this minority could not run for the office of head of state let alone hold it?
I think the 26 counties could learn a little something in disqualifying certain ‚undesirables‘ as head of state from our neighbours in England…
We don’t mind where he keeps his toaster
This is for his own crowd, keeps him relevant amongst the supporters nothing else.
From an orange man who is affiliated with the Orange Order who banned Catholics from joining.
These dudes are pathetic
But when it comes to a united Ireland we have to accept these guys views and incorporate it into a new Ireland.
We’ll kill them with kindness
I never heard a single person say a bad thing about Protestants my entire life living here. He is living in a fantasy land.
no one should be tolerant towards bigotry which is unfortunately the foundation of the DUP , nobody in the republic gives a rats ass and we are not going to kiss yours
Don’t tell him how demographics are a changing
Athiest these days, but grew up RC. I was in the “Protestant” boys brigade when they celebrated their centenary in 1988, we marched, we played games and we made friends. I was in the scouts, we marched, we played games, we made friends. In the republic, we genuinely don’t care about your religion. So long as you’re sound and not a hateful bastard, we will all get along fine. It’s not rocket science.
Why is the DUP incapable of not being a pack of shitbags? Like, for the entirety of that party’s existence, it’s just been a nasty, sectarian mess. Nobody gives a flying fuck about you being protestant, the orange order is a hateful organisation that routinely worked to support protestant supremacy in Northern Ireland, and still tries to keep that tradition alive to this day. It makes no secret of it’s contempt for the Irish state and people, so why is it a surprise that Irish people don’t want a member as their president? Nobody cared that she was a protestant. They cared because of her close links to an organisation that hates the Irish state.
The DUP position on Gaza sums up the entirety of their movement. They call it a „justified“ war, even at this stage where Hamas has been functionally crippled for a long time now, and Israel is gunning down, blowing up, and starving the civilian population. The DUP don’t care. They take one look at the position of the Republic, and just take the polar opposite position. It’s a contrarian form of politics that clearly demonstrates their complete lack of real ethics or principles. They’re a party built on hate and division, and that’s all they’re good for.