Wednesday 21 October 2009

Land of the Free?

Unionists sometimes try to justify their attachment to Britain by claiming that it is a country that values and cherished freedom. Their orange alter ego claims that "the Orange Order ... opposes tyranny and despotism in Church and State".

No doubt, then, they will be horrified to learn that the Press Freedom Index 2009, published by the freedom-of-the-press campaigning organisation Reporters Without Borders puts the UK at only number 20 worldwide. Better than Ghana and Mali, of course, but worse than Latvia, Malta, Lithuania and, in joint first place, Ireland.


What's that, you may ask? The Papal Tyranny itself - joint first place for press freedom with the Scandinavian countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden! Was the Glorious Revolution for nothing? Have we been wrong all along?

Needless to say, of course, no such thoughts will occur to most unionists. Because 'freedom' is only an excuse, just like the supposed benefits of the UK's faltering economy, or the supposed superiority of the NHS, or the supposed development of the UK. Unionists deliberately ignore the mounting body of evidence that shows that they made a bad choice. Poorer, less free, worse educated, isolated in Europe - welcome to the UK!

The continued opposition by unionists to reunification, or even closer cooperation with the south, shows that they do not value development or freedom. They appear to be motivated only by irrational prejudice. Their defeat is essential to allow all Irish people to enjoy the benefits of a modern democratic state.

6 comments:

Watcher said...

"Their defeat is essential to allow all Irish people to enjoy the benefits of a modern democratic state."

I think you'll be waiting a long time. No defeat appears pending, it was the baby killing Irish that surrendered...

Anonymous said...

As I said, a sad man.

MPG .....

MeathMan said...

The more The Republic of Ireland develops, the more the innate racism of Unionism is exposed.

Thats all it is. Either an irrational subservience to Queen Kraut, or else good old fashioned racism.

Nationalism must step up its efforts in convincing decent, moderate unionists that a United Ireland is beneficial for everyone. The sooner partition ends the better.

MaleStripper said...

I have to admit - I do despise The Irish...

Anonymous said...

One of the reasons the U.K. is a lot less free is because of how diverse the country now is. Look at the notorious "hate" laws.

Anonymous said...

Ah yes, keeping the new Irish Defamation Act in mind. We do not want to insult all those islamists in Ireland do we? Let us become dhimmis, before we get a lot of them, because this is not a a lovely "post-nationalist" "popist" piece of legislation is it? Not! LOL