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Originally posted by Ross
Screw you fag. You don't get any racism in my part of Scotland.
Sure it exists in every country but don't go pointing it down to my country fucker!
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Love that. We're not racists, just homophobes! Real convincing. Racism is a big problem in Scotland.
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Regarding sectarian racism in Scotland, taken from http://republican-news.org/archive/2...24/24scot.html
There are two connected points to be made here. Firstly, the emphasis has been exclusively placed on the Irish community and particularly worrying has been the attempt to label legitimate expressions of Irishness as sectarian. There have been attempts to ban the tricolour from marches and football stadiums and Celtic have actually listed the National Anthem as one of the songs not to be sung by their fans. Pictures of the leaders of 1916 have been confiscated from public houses by the police and given as evidence of sectarianism in an attempt to have the licences suspended.
This is not to say that all expressions of Irishness are targeted. Some, such as St Patrick's Day, are actually encouraged. It is an attempt to make some expressions legitimate and some not.
Such a move would not be accepted by any other community and the Irish community in Scotland should not be expected to accept such restrictions. At their core, these attacks on Irish culture are attempts to narrow the definition of Irishness. This is not being done in vacuum and is clearly politically motivated.
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