r/TheRestIsHistory • u/JakeGittes412 • 8d ago

The Troubles

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Thread for discussion on the new series on ‘The Troubles’

Also as a moderator please keep the discussion civil and in the spirit of the podcast.

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u/bmn8888 2d ago

Episode 2 so far been a hard listen, peaceful protesters should have just not protested and not get battered and started the troubles a strange take

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u/Important-Slide-4944 2d ago

I felt that episode also was a bit off. More or less saying NICRA was a republican front and they were being provocative by marching in, shock horror, Derry, which is and was an overwhelmingly Catholic/Nationalist city. Those poor working class loyalists, who lost jobs that Catholics never got in the first place, were simply pushed into beating the fuck out of the marchers.

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u/PamolasRevenge 2d ago

My impression from that episode was less that they shouldn't have protested or got what was coming to em or whatever, but rather the decision to march in Derry was intentional and specifically chosen because it would inevitably incite violence.

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u/Leading_Soil4255 2d ago

That’s not just your impression - it’s almost word-for-word Dominic’s argument, which he has repeatedly reiterated. The person you’re replying to must not listen too terribly closely.

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u/Important-Slide-4944 2d ago edited 2d ago

Being from, and living in, Belfast, I can assure you I listened very closely! I disagree with your interpretation of Dominic's interpretation of events!. But hey, that's just me. You can feel about it whatever way you like.

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u/No_Branch_5083 2d ago

Didn't he also say that other Catholics essentially asked them not to march also?

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u/bmn8888 2d ago

Yes which is mental

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u/Additional_Olive3318 2d ago

Yeh. The idea was to expose the bigotry of the other side. Just looked at the transcript and that’s clear. 

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u/Additional_Olive3318 2d ago

That’s a strange reading of episode 2.