For so long until I remembered that my grandfather absolutely loathed the English being the son of Irish immigrants. I mean loathed.

It took me a while to put it away personally but it is quite interesting how we learn hatred. I’ve seen it learned intergenerational in other ways. The US has certainly done its share of harm, not least where my grand folks landed.

You do you but it doesn’t serve me. Figured that out when I met an English person. She had nothing to do with any of it. I wish it wasn’t such a compelling emotion. But here we are.

i got it form finding my roots, and learning my history.
also, the songs. i found that uncle in a song.

my 1st gen folks were grateful to be here. unfortunately, i ended up being born at the end of the commuter line from my extended family. my older sibling may as well have been born there.
but still, this anger did not come from them.
dont think i'd be this bitter had i been raised in the 5ht province of cook county.

I can say that the wikipedia pages are not so easily manipulated.

Nor my memory.

Nor my DNA.

This section exists for a reason.

was gettin pretty lonely in here today.

TIAG

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=about&forum=1189

i have friends who are children of diaspora from all over the globe. at least half are so due to the crown.

right now i am cheered that al at yt is serving up tracks from their album 4 fat dads. it's mostly comedy recorded at dragon con 2008.
danny in the jar, and fairies stole my keys will raise your spirits.

what the heck-

as a young girl. The family ended up in Ohio.

But I loathe all nobles, and the British and Dutch ignobles doubly so.

and easy for the old girl to be sweet when she has so many to do her dirty work. and so much loot to live on.
i hope charles uses his time to do what he can to save the humans. he knows the science, he's walking the walk, and it's his passion.
and honestly, i dont hate him for di, i blame The Firm. and the idiocy of that virginity shit.

My older son has shown me things from our relatives in Ireland. It is something that can't be explained in so many words: either you understand, or you don't.

I understand that others on this forum are sad she died. So I don't respond much on those OP/threads. I'm neither happy nor sad that she died. She lived a dull life. I really don't know much about her, and suspect that she was a good person. But I do not take the feudal concept of "royalty" -- from medieval times -- to be any of any more value than the idea the earth is flat. I don't think the words "your majesty" can be applied to Charles in a serious manner.

so would i be if i had The Firm to do all my dirty work.
been a deluge, tho. and i thought this place was mad when st ronnie died.

Of all the archaic wastes of time, nothing quite outdoes a good old fashioned monarchy.

The histories, traditions and near religious fervor surrounding them are more than enough evidence that they are a blight on humanity. The fact that a group of people, "nobles," is set above all others is a bunch of horse shit. The untold damage they have done to peoples of the world, (especially the two groups I represent,) demands they be abolished.

Be gone!

what happens if it falls? and what is chuck going to do?
he cares about the environment, so i hope he does some good.
someone was pushing me in another thread about what i would do. start giving it away.

and yeah, the point of my op was that the monarchy should fall. not liz should rot in hell.

but....

"Reminder that Queen Elizabeth is not a remnant of colonial times. She was an active participant in colonialism. She actively tried to stop independence movements & she tried to keep newly independent colonies from leaving the commonwealth. The evil she did was enough."
It was all about money and power at the cost of other peoples sweat and blood as I see it..
Like many tyrants, these were not nice people. They traded in human capitol who's remnants this country is still dealing with today. The cause of a great famine to maintain profits is unconscionable.. grrrrrrr...
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a sweet young girl, a mother, a grandmother. all the while the old machine ground on.
you wonder where we would be now if there had been a harder face on it.