A person must be judged on what they say, not what someone else says they mean.
You've got a point there. I guess I was putting words in Obama's mouth.
While religious zealotry is by no means dead in either the Republic of Ireland or in Northern Ireland, the principal tool for terrorism of the Irish Catholics -- the IRA and by extension, the Provos -- is no longer in business. That happened in 2005.
Sinn Fein, on the other hand, is still very much a voice. But it's a political voice rather than an armed one.[1]
Do you honestly believe that hogwash above? Do you honestly think that Barry gives a rat's ass about religion, much less religious freedom? I'm curious as to how you can arrive at that conclusion, since Barry is essentially non-religious at all. And his efforts toward education aren't to develop education for its own benefits, but to be recipients for his own brand of propaganda -- but I'll admit straight up that that's my opinion.[2]
The problem in Ireland is ongoing, though much less violent than it used to be.
That said, when religious education ceases, here comes more of socialism. You can bank on it.[3]
But of course, that's what Barry wants.
I shall state your points according to the numbers posted near them.
[1]While the violence has definitely toned down in the recent years. The fight hasn't stopped. The only difference is the fight is now not carried out by guerrillas and paramilitaries, but by orators in suits, ties, and party banners. It's moved from a military conflict to a political conflict, and it still divides Ireland today as the Troubles did before, and the schism between Protestants and Catholics is still very much a factor in this division of Ireland.
[2]I'm sure Barry doesn't give a shit about your religion, or anyone else's religion for that matter, but to say that Obama is trying to bend education for his own propaganda isn't really a fact. He just doesn't have a high opinion of religious schools, does this instantly make him against religious freedom? No. That's like saying someone not having a high opinion of Adam Smith's works makes them a communist.
[3]Calling Obama a socialist is an insult to all actual socialists. Obama has shown time and time again that he is a capitalist. He shows the symptoms. Sucking up to big business, giving banks golden parachutes, etc. Socialists seek the destruction of the capitalist system. The overthrow of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat. So to call a man who has done all the things a capitalist would do a socialist simply because he shares more progressive capitalist policies than say a Republican would is an absolute farce. Marx would see Obama as a member of the bourgeois, not a proletariat. Even Leninists I've talked to absolutely despise him. They prefer him to Romney, but they still hate his guts.
Another thing, saying that taking religion out of schooling will lead to more socialism is something I think Mr. McCarthy would say.
