tortietabby.bsky.social
Historian of medicine and gender in modern Ireland. Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. I work on #histmed, reproductive health, and activism. Cat lover. 🐈 she/her. Personal views. 🇮🇪🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/proflaurakelly/
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@tortietabby.bsky.social11 people murdered to get marching here and it’s reduced to both sides need to behave. We mean nothing to these people and have to pay taxes for the privilege of indifference
Show PostFor people of my age (old) and my background (CNR) who grew up in NI during the 90s, Drumcree was the nadir of community relation & differences in our perceptions of ‘rights’. We just could not conceive how a group of snarling, angry men thought their ‘right to march’ surpassed our ‘right to exist’.
Show PostThis speaks to the ‘catholics murderd by the state or loyalists matter less, they were the fault of the IRA and a population who wouldn’t stop agitating they got what they asked for” unspoken mentality that is so pervasive. These deaths do not resonate
Show PostBecause our media agrees with him.
Show PostAre you looking to be outraged, are you? www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jul/...
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