James McClean

If only we could revert back being mini Tans what?

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You can want a united Ireland and have no time for the RA. Having said that, people can say violence gets you nowhere, but that's just obviously untrue in relation to the North.

The worst RA heads are those born post good Friday agreement or were in single age digits at the time.... and from the Republic. These lads are just cringy to be honest. 

Of course you can! Irish Republicaniam is a broader church than just the physical force element. Many pacifist Republicans from O'Connell to Sheehy-Skeffington to Hume all made huge contributions.

In saying that, it's unlikely we'd have the freedoms we do know without the physical force element (which is where some of the complexities come into play). The Irish State was literally born out of revolution, we can't forget that. Even using terms like 'The RA' is problematic. When you say RA Heads, do you mean those who who are proud of men that served in the Provos during the trouble or those who were in the IRA from 1918-1923? Or both? Is it revisionist to eulagise one and condem the other? 

Not sure about that. Had the campaign not started post bloody Sunday, would we be sitting here with an anglo-irish agreement? Would we be sitting here with a Belfast agreement?

The way history went brexit was probably always going happen. Northern Ireland never would have affected brexit as it's an English nationalism based ideal. 

A brexit without the good Friday agreement would have meant an even more hardening of a hard border that would have existed. United Ireland probably would have been a pipe dream at that point. 

I take it the majority of people on here using quotes like above about "RA heads" didn't actually grow up in the North? It's quite insulting seeing people use quotes like this while defending what happened to James while sitting on their comfy wee couches outside the 6 counties. 

Meyler is a person who spends too much time on social media and posting about fifa but he’s absolutely spot on about this subject. He admitted himself and others were afraid to speak out in case they were targeted. At least he’s being honest and showing his support now even thought it’s late he had to consider the consequences for his own family. What more do you want him to do now? The second half of your post it is fairly embarrassing on your behalf and alot of members probably would use the second line of your own post to describe you after that post.

People rely on social media for income and cannot be asked to step away from it based on threatening behaviour of others who presume they wont be held accountable.

Some non Irish players too.