Why do protestant unionists in northern ireland insist they are “anglo saxon lowland scots” and not celtic irishmen?

  • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    you kind of are doing a sectarianism here… Protestants will have to be included in a future all-irish project one way or the other. I’m Irish but I know there’s Protestants in my family line… plenty of us “Celtic” Irish are descended from colonisers too. refusing to admit that is pretty cringe, what are you the one true Irishman? it’s more meaningless of a distinction than ever these days now that we’re white too. I’m on board with telling anyone still identifying as a Brit to fuck off but painting all Protestants with the same brush the way you are doing is bare faced sectarianism.