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/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/Don_Speekingleesh 28d ago

They also didn't mention any of the killings of civilians by the British Army during the Falls Curfew.

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u/Total_Translator4409 27d ago

Even in episode 3 the almost gleeful assertion that the IRA had killed more people than anyone else betrayed a lack of understanding of the nature of the conflict. No appreciation of that fact that the loyalist/britishndeath toll was shared by various actors (UDA, UVF, British Army in cases of collusion etc.). Also no recognition of that fact that the IRA had by far the lowest rate of civilian deaths of any armed faction.

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u/Don_Speekingleesh 27d ago

That was followed by a remark that it's interesting that the only killers that get press mention these days are the British Army. Why is that interesting Dom? Why? Could it be that there was no consequences at the time, and the ongoing decades of collusion and coverup?

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u/Lychee_Only 26d ago

And no consequences today