Posted on 07/11/2015 9:46:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Police in Belfast are investigating a photo posted to social media on Monday in which a group of masked men yielding baseball bats, axes and stakes stand before a wall of graffiti that threatens to crucify Catholics.
Taigs will be crucified, the shocking message reads, using a derogatory term for Irish Catholics.
The letters VTOT are written below, with a cross. They are believed to stand for Village Team on Tour, the name of a loyalist gang in South Belfast.
The graffiti was discovered on Monday, when the photo was first shared on social media. It has been widely viewed as an attempt at heightening tension before the Twelfth of July, the day of loyalist celebration that commemorates King William of Oranges victory in the Battle of the Boyne.
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Now wait just a darn minute....didn’t Bill Clinton say he had all the unrest in Northern Ireland settled? Peace in our time?
No way he would lie...would he?
Would anyone in Northern Ireland know what baseball bats are used for?
The Irish do seem to have a rather different POU for the baseball bat than was originally intended.
Those who play Rounders might.
Investigate as in why catholics have angered Muslims and trying to find catholics to throw to the muslims investigation???
The Irish call it a shalaylee. The spelling may be wrong on that, but it comes up if you search it.
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