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    Anti-irische Sprachgruppe hinter Flugblättern „Englisch ist unsere Muttersprache“ spricht über Kampagne | Die Gruppe „Protestants Against Gaelic Language“ hat ihren Sitz in der Republik und ist gegen die Förderung der irischen Rechte auf der ganzen Insel


    Anti-irische Sprachgruppe hinter Flugblättern „Englisch ist unsere Muttersprache“ spricht über Kampagne | Die Gruppe „Protestants Against Gaelic Language“ hat ihren Sitz in der Republik und ist gegen die Förderung der irischen Rechte auf der ganzen Insel

    https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/anti-irish-language-group-behind-english-is-our-mother-tongue-leaflets-speaks-about-campaign-EA72J2X6E5ARXIAAMZXSM52F2Y/

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    1. shits_crappening on

      His irish teacher must have been terrible for him to go on this crusade

    2. Constant-Chipmunk187 on

      Typical Protestants. Back at it again wirh suppressing our own culture. Fuck back to England, please

    6. Important_Farmer924 on

      >The head of Protestants Against Gaelic Language (PAGL) wants to protest against the use of Gaelic right across the island, as English is the “ancestral language of most Irish people”.

      Fucking smooth brain.

    7. underover69 on

      >The “Group Against Irish Ethnic Language and Gaelic Equality” or Gaeilge for short

      You couldn’t make this up.

    9. Additional_Olive3318 on

      You see that kind of attitude online a lot. First time I’ve seen it in public. 

    11. skepticalbureaucrat on

      >The head of Protestants Against Gaelic Language (PAGL) wants to protest against the use of Gaelic right across the island, as English is the “ancestral language of most Irish people”.

      Sir, this is a Supermac’s.

    12. Vandelay1979 on

      I’d put money on it that this is one crank (as opposed to a group), at least on the southern side of the border,

    13. justadubliner on

      It’s probably like that Catholic League in the US that gets so much publicity – one man in his spare bedroom.

    14. StevemacQ on

      Oh no! Loyalists upset over seeing Gaelic along with English words on signs? Boo feckin’ hoo!

    18. monstermunster80 on

      Serious question. What does it take to get someone committed these days. People have been committed due to insanity for less in the past.

    20. Immediate_Radio_8012 on

      Don’t learn Irish if you don’t want to.  
      Don’t learn Spanish or Hungarian  either sure. 

    21. MMAwannabe on

      Bitter person using “Protestant” as bait for sectarian responses to play the victim.
      This had nothing to do with them being protestants.

    22. thanksantsthants on

      When I saw their material I assumed it was satire meant to promote the irish language and I thought it was quite clever.

    24. niallcorby on

      Now I’m no fan of the Modh coinníollach but this goin a bit far

    26. CascaydeWave on

      > His group’s leaflet states “Ireland’s Christianity is a more important part of Ireland’s heritage than the language ever was” and the government in Dublin “would do much more for the Irish people if they taught Latin in our schools instead of Gaelic”.

      So they are god botherers really. Sadly this attitude to Irish is often present at multiple levels of our society. I understand if people don’t like languages but people turn their own disinterest into hatred against the entire language and its speakers.

      [Reminds me of this hilarious opinion letter from a it ago](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/letter-watch-out-for-having-the-irish-language-forced-on-you-as-it-is-on-us-4574507)

    27. Rabid_Lederhosen on

      He wants people to learn Latin instead of Irish, which doesn’t feel very Protestant at all really.

    29. Careful_Jackfruit144 on

      Anyone paying attention to this should be shot with balls of their own shite

    30. RubDue9412 on

      We already have Irish rights so let them spout I doubt they’ll be taken seriously.

    31. NumerousBug9075 on

      Irish is constitutionally our “First official language”, and English is our “Second official language”. That means constitutionally, English can never override Irish in Ireland, no matter how much these people cope and seethe over it.

      Try as these people may, they have zero legal power to do anything, outside of bitching and moaning about not wanting to learn the country they live ins, official language.

      Public signs have to at least include both languages. These people just want to eradicate the language altogether.

    32. CurrencyDesperate286 on

      Christ, whatever about not caring much about the language, imagine actively wanting to kill off the language. Embarrassing use of time.

    34. ArtemisMaracas on

      Now there are some notions that deserve cutting off at the root

    35. death_tech on

      Democracy and free speech working as it should. Ignore and move on.

    36. glockenschpellingbee on

      Many prominent protestants were fluent speakers, such as Douglas Hyde.

      Smooth brain morons trying to sew discord.

    37. outhouse_steakhouse on

      Even if I was Protestant and hated the Irish language I would have a bit more self awareness than to call myself “‘Protestants Against Gaelic Language” – I mean the name just screams false-flag operation. Anyway I wonder what it is about countries where English is the dominant language that so many people foam at the mouth that it should be the only language. Look at the opposition to and disdain for Spanish and native American languages in the US, French and native languages in Canada, te reo Māori in New Zealand and so on. I’ve never seen anything similar in countries where e.g. Spanish or French is the dominant language.

    38. mackrevinak on

      leaving leaflets on the cars of people taking irish lessons. what a coward

    39. silver__spear on

      >Mr Sinnott said historic moves by the British to oppose Gaelic, including bans on its use, was “just so they could make it that we would all speak the same language”.

      this is nonsense, the “British” never banned Irish

      there was an 18th century law that insisted only English could be used in court, this was aimed at stopping the use of french, but also affected Irish

      the British didn’t care what language people spoke in Ireland

      Irish people abandoned Irish themselves, by choice, in the late 18th century and early 19th century

    40. Comfortable-Owl309 on

      Why on earth would you care this much about what language people spoke. Clearly a very unwell/unhappy individual.

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