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2026-02-09 09:12 UTC

@franklinlopez@kolektiva.social 1/ You know, this is all so fascinating, and in many ways, my parents, family and ancestors can relate to. Being from Northern Ireland, there was a time where speaking in Irish or even being Irish was condemned and 'criminalized' and it can be very violent too; especially during the times of the 'troubles,' as it's called. During those times when my parents moved to England for work, there existed bars and restaurants etc that had signs hung up that read 'No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs Allowed.' Learning that alone even surprised me, plus the other harassment from other people, even those in the police force, those experiences my parents told me made my blood boil. That's not even getting into the other experiences for family members face back then.

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@Shredd_Tone@equestria.social 2026-02-09 09:14

@franklinlopez@kolektiva.social 2/ Of course, I personally never suffered like they had, and the North of Ireland had only recently officially expanded the teachings of the Irish language in schools across the land. I've only been taught specks of it. That said, I can't say I have a complete understanding of what the Puerto Ricans went through, but I can acknowledge the pain and suffering that they went through and the importance of exposing this history that the 'Bad Bunny' has shown in his performance. Not for the sake of smearing a country, or to say 'these are bad people' (There's always going to be evil people anyway regardless of race or nationality), but rather to say 'THIS HAPPENED!! IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUFFERING THEY WENT THROUGH, AND WE SHOULD ALL LEARN THAT THIS SHOULD NEVER EVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!' History does matters!!

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