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minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 days agoThey are referring to kneecapping, a traditional Irish punishment for… well, anyone that doesn’t deserve a killing.
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 days agoInformants and traitors, especially. The Provisional IRA was an explicitly left-wing socialist group (if not quite Marxist like the Official IRA were), the defanging of which has let right wing rats like McGregor get a bit brave.
They are referring to kneecapping, a traditional Irish punishment for… well, anyone that doesn’t deserve a killing.
Informants and traitors, especially.
The Provisional IRA was an explicitly left-wing socialist group (if not quite Marxist like the Official IRA were), the defanging of which has let right wing rats like McGregor get a bit brave.