Hiiiiii i am from belfast and have family deeply affected by the conflict here, and i do not see it as a country as i do not accept the colonisation of my land and people or recognise the football team that supports this, like many other indigenous irish people here, that’s what i’m getting at to clear things up! there is also a long-standing history of sectarianism associated with the team and it’s fans, aimed at my community. it was a light hearted joke i was making initially but just to set that record straight, can appreciate it’s missing context for people who aren’t aware of this! football is highly political here, at a country level and club level. - if you’re from here too and you’re of british descent then you have your view i have mine
we don’t need to debate on tattle lol, if not, i can appreciate you may not have been aware of this and my explanation is genuine either way. (sorry guys, i do not want to be political but i’m not getting called out for “bringing down” the country i’m from because i dislike the elements that are linked to struggles in my community lol, low-key a bit embbarassed about this bc it’s so irrelevant to the thread
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also apart from conor bradley they legit all are rather irrelevant , sorry to say it, and many people suspect the only reason he remains playing for NI as an irish person is because of James McCleans experience of being subjected to heightened sectarian abuse for deciding to play for republic of ireland instead. also like cinzias man is not a big time player and even active football fans wouldn’t necessarily know him unless they support stevenage