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Thread #45911   Message #3794862
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
11-Jun-16 - 10:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916
Subject: RE: BS: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916
No she didn't Keith - you first misinterpred what she said, now you are just making it up.

Yes she did, and here she is saying it.
Before you claim "out of context," here is the link to the whole piece.http://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/beyond-revisionism-reassessing-the-great-irish-famine/

"Within this model, 'blame' is generally attributed to key groupings, either within the British government or within the landlord class. To some extent, these beliefs were fostered by the state school system south of the border, which itself arose out of particular historical circumstances. In 1922, for example, the Free State government instructed history teachers that pupils should be 'imbued with the ideals and aspirations of such men as Thomas Davis and Patrick Pearse' and that they should emphasise 'the continuity of the separatist idea from Tone to Pearse' (see Francis T. Holohan, 'History teaching in the Irish Free State 1922-35' in HI Winter 1994)."

"...nationalist myths...Thus, at the launch of the influential Irish Historical Studies journal in 1938, the editors stated their commitment to replace 'interpretive distortions' with 'value-free history'. To a large extent, however, this debate took place within the rarefied atmosphere of academia and failed to percolate down into the schoolrooms "

However - she was not conned into thinking about joining the IRA because of her Catholic "brainwashing" as you invented.

She said she would have joined IRA "in a heartbeat" before university opened her eyes to the truth.
She said that many who did not have the same opportunity WERE led to join.

You have refused to specify which hatred was brainwashed into the Irish children, so none exists - simple as that.

False logic Jim.
The effect on children of "indoctrination" with "anti-British propaganda" is bound to produce anti-British feelings in many if not most of them.
Do you deny that Jim?