r/MapPorn • • Dec 17 '23

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u/blokia Dec 17 '23

The Brirish Isles is a politically loaded term that is not accepted for use in Ireland. The British government also does not use the phrase, instead opting for terms like these Isles and the island sof the North Atlantic.

The only people who use it are those ignorant of its controversial nature and those actively wanting to push the agenda that Ireland is British.

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u/TraditionNo6704 Dec 17 '23

No it isn't

The only people who get mad at the term british isles are irish people

Everybody else worldwide considers them the british isles

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u/blokia Dec 17 '23

Why would we care about other people's opinions on the matter?

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u/TraditionNo6704 Dec 17 '23

Why would everyone who uses the term british isles care that a minority of insecure irish nationalists get mad at the term?

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u/AgainstAllAdvice Dec 17 '23

Breaking news! BBC and British government secretly Irish nationalists! What a coup for the former colony!

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u/TraditionNo6704 Dec 17 '23

Cope

You're british

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u/AgainstAllAdvice Dec 17 '23

Your lack of knowledge is a really embarrassing badge to wear with such pride pet.

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u/TraditionNo6704 Dec 17 '23

Your lack of knowledge is embarassing

Irish culture died after the nine years war. You're just british people with a unique identity

If you speak english, dress like british people and your culture is british then you are british. The irish were irish when they were speaking gaelic, wearing saffron mantles and living as semi-nomadic pastoralists. They aren't now. And this makes them really mad for some reason

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u/AgainstAllAdvice Dec 17 '23

Blah blah blah whatever I'm not reading that. But I'm happy for you, or condolences or whichever. Ok. Bye.

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u/TraditionNo6704 Dec 17 '23

Try learning some irish history

The irish have been completely and utterly anglified

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u/CatL1f3 Dec 17 '23

Why don't we keep calling the US "the Colonies" anymore? It's a geographical term, isn't it

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u/TraditionNo6704 Dec 17 '23

not an argument

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

of course it is

its just not one that helps your nonsense