Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "A Different Bias"
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@gavinlaird85 "The Irish kingdoms were tied together true common culture language
heritage etc. They were always 1 nation with its own disputed high
kingship at a time when nation states like we know today hardly existed
anywhere. If you believe that because we were a colony of the UK then
it's proper for unionists to get there way that's one thing but
democracy has nothing to do with that situation like originally stated
in the video.
I agree completely with your last point."
No, it wasn't really.
For instance there where significant minorities there of Viking decent.
Dublin was founded by Vikings.
They did NOT have the same culture and heritage as the rest of you.
And even if you look at the rest of the kingdoms I doubt that most people back then felt Irish.
They most likely felt like Leinsters or Munsters etc, etc, etc.
The situation isn't that different from the germanic tribes.
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, significant areas within countries like Russia etc all had a common west germanic heritage.
But that doesn't mean that they all actually felt "German" even if many saw them as the same people from the outside.
Hence why the English word for people from the Netherlands is "Dutch" the word that was traditionally used for all west Germanic people in English, including for instance people speaking Pennsylvania Dutch (it's German with no Dutch influence at all, but the language got its name back before Germany was a nation when the word was used for the whole "ethnic group" and all its nations).
Also, in this case the minority in question isn't of that ethnic, cultural and religious group at all, but where in fact settlers from Scotland etc who had lived there for generations by now.
Your talk about Scotland being a nation before joining the UK etc as a excuse for why they should have self determination but the people of North Ireland shouldn't is just selecting opinions to suit your interests instead of on any kind of actual principles at all, and you know it.
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