Happy Orangeman's Day!!!

[ConfederateSS]

-------HAPPY ORANGEMAN'S DAY....!!!!!!!!!!. ..A few seconds to spare...Give or take a few....ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... ...What no Big To DO? Like St. Patty's....No map for the Big Battle of THE BOYNE on C.C.? ...

[riskllama]

wtf is an orangeman? is that what u get when a chinaman humps a squaw?

[jonesthecurl]

No it's when Trump pretends to be Irish.

[tzor]

Trump is a giant Oompa Loompa, everyone knows that.

Orangemen are anti Papist Brit Bastards who have permanently infected the northern part of Ireland like a sickening cancer of festering Protestant slime.

Both chemotherapy and surgical attempts proved useless. But since it has currently not metastasized it remains an ugly lump on the island's nation's top side.

[mrswdk]

Orangemen are anti Papist Brit Bastards who have permanently infected the northern part of Ireland like a sickening cancer of festering Protestant slime.

Both chemotherapy and surgical attempts proved useless. But since it has currently not metastasized it remains an ugly lump on the island's nation's top side.

It's strange that some Americans seem to insist on weaving this sort of bizzaro misty-eyed version of Irish Republicanism into their sense of their 'murican identity. Given you've probably never come any closer to Ireland than hearing the Pogues on the radio, why do you care? Do you get a hard on knowing that your NORAID bucks are being used to blow up school kids on small town high streets or something?

[tzor]

It's strange that some Americans seem to insist on weaving this sort of bizzaro misty-eyed version of Irish Republicanism ...

Misty eyed? Perhaps we can have a discussion of the totally disgraceful history of the I.R.A. Perhaps on some other thread. This has to do with a purely English anti-Papist rub it in your face type of attitude and the Orangemen represent this. If someone were to rub events such as the massacre at Wounded Knee in Native American's faces I would be just as upset. Just as across the way on the British Island similar anti-Papist bastards annually burn a Catholic in effigy (Guy Fawkes Day).

[mrswdk]

Unionism/Loyalism =/= being English

Wounded Knee was the massacre of a peoples, many of whom were unarmed. The Battle of the Boyne was a pitched battle between two armies. I'm not sure why you're presenting the two as if there is any parallel between them.

Bonfire Night celebrations in the UK have nothing to do with Guy Fawkes being Catholic, much like Independence Day celebrations in the US have nothing to do with hating the taste of British tea.

But then again, you do sound like you have read at least three Wiki articles about Northern Ireland, so I assume the reason for our misunderstanding is probably just because you have yet to show us how deep the rivers of your wisdom truly flow.

[riskllama]

sassy.

[tzor]

Bonfire Night celebrations in the UK have nothing to do with Guy Fawkes being Catholic, much like Independence Day celebrations in the US have nothing to do with hating the taste of British tea.

First of all the Boston Tea Party was about the monopoly of the Dutch East India Company and the event was actually December 16.

Meanwhile, let's look at Wikipedia.

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.

Within a few decades Gunpowder Treason Day, as it was known, became the predominant English state commemoration, but as it carried strong Protestant religious overtones it also became a focus for anti-Catholic sentiment. Puritans delivered sermons regarding the perceived dangers of popery, while during increasingly raucous celebrations common folk burnt effigies of popular hate-figures, such as the pope. Towards the end of the 18th century reports appear of children begging for money with effigies of Guy Fawkes and 5 November gradually became known as Guy Fawkes Day. Towns such as Lewes and Guildford were in the 19th century scenes of increasingly violent class-based confrontations, fostering traditions those towns celebrate still, albeit peaceably. In the 1850s changing attitudes resulted in the toning down of much of the day's anti-Catholic rhetoric, and the Observance of 5th November Act was repealed in 1859. Eventually the violence was dealt with, and by the 20th century Guy Fawkes Day had become an enjoyable social commemoration, although lacking much of its original focus. The present-day Guy Fawkes Night is usually celebrated at large organised events, centred on a bonfire and extravagant firework displays.

Settlers exported Guy Fawkes Night to overseas colonies, including some in North America, where it was known as Pope Day. Those festivities died out with the onset of the American Revolution. Claims that Guy Fawkes Night was a Protestant replacement for older customs like Samhain are disputed, although another old celebration, Halloween, has lately increased in popularity, and according to some writers, may threaten the continued observance of 5 November.

[mrswdk]

Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605...

Within a few decades... it carried strong Protestant religious overtones

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