A significant bit of back-pedalling going on there Teribus what you posted was

"The Rebellion was recognised as an act of sheer patriotic heroism within weeks of the event and have been ever since.

ONLY THOSE AS DAFT AS JIM. To any sentient human being it was at best an idiotic and pointless gesture that was guaranteed to fail from the outset by a man who sought death and believed in blood sacrifice"

Almost the entire nation of Ireland were commemorating the events in the past few weeks so they must be as daft as Jim.