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"Sinn Féin criticised for 'England get out of Ireland' banner"
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47601796
I... what? Have people somehow not been aware that "England shouldn't have political power over Ireland (specifically northern Ireland in this case)" is Sinn Féin's whole thing?
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@troubleMoney oh my god I'm cracking up about the "meanwhile in the US this band was treated nicely" Y'ALL. Y'ALL REMEMBER WHAT THE US DID, RIGHT.
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@troubleMoney holding up the attitude in a town in the US as some sort of Epitome of Good Will and I'm like
we kicked England out, remember
that was a thing that happened
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@troubleMoney "Sinn Féin said the criticism was "faux outrage" and "political point scoring"." well that's on the nose