Mr. PotatoHead speaks as though he does not understand the purpose of the marching, but I suspect he does. The current strategy is to not directly interfere with the demonstration, but to stand back and ridicule it, and so he insults. At least he’s not accusing them of “denying Catholics their basic civil rights!”
Some treat the Orange walk as only “a cultural, family-friendly event at which tourists are welcome.” One may hope for that; it would mean a lasting peace... God grant that it never become necessary for these men, (and women!) to show what they are really made of!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LodbjsR-HHA
This looks like more fun than the Macy’e thanksgiving parade...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVtmfUhcsZ0
It would be fun to march through Hamtrack Michican on the 12th.
I am perfectly well aware of what the Orange Order does and what it stands for and I stand by my description of their activities.
Do you think I got it wrong somewhere along the line?
The Ornage Order today, being merely a specter of its former past certainly has no role in denying Catholics their civil rights and nowhere did I suggest it did.
In the past, however, when every Norther Ireland prime minister, cabinet minister, head of government department and most local councils as well as senior ranks of the judiciary and the police were Orangemen their role was not so benign.
The Orange Order and their marches will soon be little more than a cultural anomaly, an interesting local custom performed by odd people, performing for the cameras of curious Japanese tourists like Papuan tribesmen in their penis gourds, I look forward to that day. That is their future, their past was by no means so quaint.