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In 2016 84% of police supported Trump, 5% Johnson and 8% Clinton. (i dont know if a recent poll has been done)
Several police unions have declared recently for Trump.

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The matter of Irish independence is a well known historical fact including all its details And there are many in Ireland that believe the north and all of Ireland should have never been influenced by outside forces. I believe despite those differences between outside forces and Ireland it is possible for other nationals to be friends with all those involved. There were a very small percentage of Americans who actually sent funding to support Ireland in its attempts to influence self determination. There were also people in the UK that felt strongly no one should have interfered in Irish sovereignty. But all these matters are a part of history, and as the saying goes there are multiple sides to an opinion involving any subject, let alone a controversial topic and on a British website. There are many wonderful people on this site, so the last thing I wish to do is get too deep into the weeds about American or British past decisions.

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If you are referring to Noraid, they didn't send funding to Ireland in support of its independence. They sent money to the IRA, especially the Provos. It's not the same thing.

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Well you brought the subject up by making a very odd statement which people have obviously called you on.

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This reminds me of the appalling Republican fascist & supporter of IRA terrorism, Peter King. Fortunately, he decided to retire from Congress. His old district, on Long Island, New York, is the one and only house district (apart from my own) where I’m financially supporting the democratic challenger this election. Jackie Gordon, NY 02. She’s a good person, a real live wire, I think she has a good chance of gaining the seat.

Peter King is one of those “Irish Americans” who thinks it is quite ok to support murderous Irish terrorists, who killed hundreds of Irish people & others, but definitely should be illegal to support Islamic terrorists.

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Noraid were the quintessential example of NIMBYism, their funding dried up the second their sponsors realised that blowing up innocent people wasn't very much fun when it happens on your own doorstep. I very much doubt that the Good Friday agreement would have held together for very much longer if 9/11 hadn't stripped the Provos of their US funding.

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The funding died up pretty sharpish after the Oklahoma City bombing. The ‘cause’ didn’t seem quite so romantic after that.

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Peter King is an utter scumbag. The one and only letter I've had published in a well-known US newspaper was pointing out what a complete hypocrite he is as regards terrorism.

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You guys have to figure this out on your own. I have better things to do than join an argument that is about what happened in the past. If you're looking for an argument I say happy hunting!

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Only one person brought Ireland up on this thread entitled "2020 Election". And that was... you. Having lobbed in that piece of stupidity and been called in it, you now want to run away and seemingly disown what you said. Ok.

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We don't have to figure anything out. We know what happened and where the money went. You appear to have some alternative universe idea which is complete and utter bullshit and says a huge amount about you. Instead of making yourself look even more ignorant, you could put your hand up, admit you have no clue what you were talking about and apologise for making such a dimwitted comment but I won't hold my breath.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...ty-test-409245

I had not even thought of this as an area of dispute.

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Why Biden could still lose the suburbs to Trump

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...rotests-409326

Now this I can see, most people I know would vote Dem, now those whose prime residence is in Denver and surrounding area have all commented on the rise of crime/drugs and the lack or effective response. Fortunately I do not go go down very often and do not really see it first hand but have been surprised how common a comment it is. Now would they vote OMB, I doubt it, bit they certainly may abstain.

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I still can't get my head around this bat shit craziness.

https://time.com/5887437/conspiracy-...QlFQkmtK2_MliA

This is not about difference of political opinion. It's just mental.

"This matters not just because of what these voters believe but also because of what they don’t. The facts that should anchor a sense of shared reality are meaningless to them; the news developments that might ordinarily inform their vote fall on deaf ears...They are impervious to messaging, advertising or data. They aren’t just infected with conspiracy; they appear to be inoculated against reality."

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I cut all ties with a good English friend of mine about 5 months ago, he's a lovely bloke and has always dabbled in conspiracy theories but he went full QAnon barmy post-lockdown. I would have said that he's one of the least racist blokes I knew but when I tried to chat to him about his new love for Pepe the frog memes his reply went something along the lines of 'well I like them and you don't have to look at them'. He went the full nine yards with Trump, Pizzagate, et al and I would blame it on his lack of schooling (as in, he was all but illiterate when the smartphone debuted. One good thing about life revolving around the phone I suppose, it helps with literacy skills) but he was always quite savvy and a deep thinker. Hey ho, you never can tell.

And while we're on the WTF 2020 election theme, have you (as in 'dear reader', not just LIW) ever wondered why it is that polling numbers just don't seem to shift nowadays? Even calling dead and wounded soldiers losers and suckers did nothing for Trump's, or Biden's, numbers when that kind of news would have put a grinding halt to most presidential campaigns in previous years.
Well here, folks, is your answer - and I doubt that you are going to like it which ever way you swing.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/15/polit...ews/index.html

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The analysis in that link certainly makes sense to me in some ways. People are cemented into ideological positions, independent of fact in many cases. The bit I don't get is that the stuff that is truly bat shit crazy doesn't belong to any recognizable political position, although said bat shit people tend to declare that they are conservatives in some way. But yeah, the cemented positions are a worry - in all the years that I've spent in the states I've never seen it like this. It's happening somewhat in the UK as well in terms of ideology, but there is less bat shittery.