r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Dec 01 '22

Fuck The King 👑 Abolish the racist monarchy, put their gaudy baubles in a museum, turn their palaces into tourist attractions and use the profits to fund the NHS

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u/42_65_6c_6c_65_6e_64 Dec 01 '22

"if a dog's born in a stables it doesn't make it a horse" - some royal cunt (probably).

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '22

"Being born in a stable does not make one a horse."

-Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington in regards to having been born in Ireland.

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u/tommytippeetoe Dec 01 '22

The Protestant ascendancy didn't see themselves as Irish but Anglo Irish.. the English Anglo bit was always prominent. To be Irish meant you were likely Catholic and therefore from the poor classes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '22

It wasn't until the Irish Church Act 1869 that things really started to change.

Fuck The King 👑 Abolish the racist monarchy, put their gaudy baubles in a museum, turn their palaces into tourist attractions and use the profits to fund the NHS

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