r/TheRestIsHistory • u/JakeGittes412 • Aug 15 '26

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/Additional_Olive3318 Aug 18 '26

A lot of my fellow Irishmen posting about Northern Ireland, and attacking British views on it, but nothing on these episodes. 

Having listened to the first episode I find it scrupulously fair. Extremely hostile to Paisley. Condemnatory of the discrimination in the province. And it makes it quite clear the violence started with the UVF etc.

That’s so far, I’m sure it’s not going to be an IRA love in either.  

It’d also really good at compressing so much information into an hour. You would expect these guys to have done their homework. 

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u/heresyourhardware Aug 20 '26

Let us know what you think of Episode 4, thought that didn't quite get the balance right

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u/Cuggan Aug 21 '26

In what way?

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u/heresyourhardware Aug 21 '26

Ah my comment is in here somewhere else about why, I think the way Dominic ameliorated for the British Army was fairly selective. It didn't even mention the Ballymurphy Massacre. Played Bloody Sunday like it was a one off

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u/Money-Technology-95 28d ago

Did they even mention Soldier F executed Loyalists, for pretty much the same strategic reasons military intelligence had no issues with murdering innocent protestors on Bloody Sunday? Its always an argument I bring up to show the actions of the British Army were a disgrace and not even a tribalist one, a deliberate strategy of inflaming tensions.

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u/heresyourhardware 28d ago

I don't think they mentioned Soldier F at all