Then they need to get rid of all those public garbage cans. I was in London during that time, at least the IRA would send out warnings before detonating

Growing up in Ireland, it was weird to experience it. I mean, N. Ireland was like another totally different country, so when you'd see on the news people being shot or blown up, you'd think "But that's MILES away". Nothing better than having school cancelled and staying at home because there was a "Bomb scare". Kids cope in different ways I guess. There was just something "normal" about driving to N. Ireland and stopping at a military checkpoint to have your entire car searched at gunpoint.

Yeah, that feels a lot more realistic and scary. The violence will probably last for generations & be unpredictable. Many won't know who to trust so it will rip communities, friend groups & families apart. I wish we weren't here.

Me, who studied 19th and 20th century Irish literature in college: (Cracks knuckles) I've been preparing for this all me life

I’m Australian, is there something specific that happened in the last week or so that has Americans feeling an impending sense of doom, or is it just the continual state of things getting to people?

Can someone please explain what the troubles were

If you look at comparative political work on this, look for armed paramilitary groups carrying out extrajudicial actions against poltical opponents outside the rule of law. If the Jan 6 proud boys get pardoned and then start to act as MAGA brown shirts while cooperating with DOJ, we will be fully there

If it was to be like N.Ireland then it would be a fight between the native Americans and the rest of you. It was a war because Catholics were subjugated and were treated as second class citizens within the six counties which are run by a foreign country who had up until the last century occupied the entire country for over 800 years. After signing the treaty of independence they were left with these six counties which is called N. Ireland. You may have a civil war but it wont be like NI.

I doubt it. The Troubles were underpinned by organized beliefs and ideologies; what’s happening in the US seems to be the result of line nuts acting on personal motivations.

We just have to get over the culture war. The guy to you left might not understand your pronouns and the guy to your right doesn’t go to your same church, but we all understand we’re being royally screwed over by Capitalist CEOs who value profit over people. We can fight over drag queen story hour and black Ariel after we all get healthcare.