This week’s edition of the Shamrockshire Eagle is available. In particular is his article taking the poor mouth attitude adopted by some within the republican movement that he feels they may be playing with long term fire:
…unfortunately they have created something more powerful than themselves. For discourse does not merely passively reflect reality; it also plays a role in shaping it. If Cassandra’s fate was to see a future which no-one believed, then the Provo’s fate is to create a future which they never wanted — or at least, no Republican ever wanted. Isn’t it time we stopped playing hard done by? Isn’t it time we stopped putting on the poor mouth? Or do we want to be victims forever?
He goes on to contest Rebecca Blood’s claim that weblogs can (or that Slugger does) get involved in conflict resolution
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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