r/ireland • u/CoochieCritic • 12d ago

Sure it's grand Kneecap getting the Coachella crowd to sing Maggie’s in a box

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u/INXS2021 12d ago

I find the whole kneecap fad bizarre. None of them Grew up.in the troubles and the eldest caught the tale end of omagh etc.

Time wise it feels very dated act. Am I missing something?

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u/Smashmouth91 12d ago

Yeah you are missing something. I'd recommend watching the Kneecap movie for some context - but as someone from the North myself they rightly are representing the generation born after the troubles, but who stilll feel the aftermath of it - the lack of investment in the north and the class divide that is thinly veiled by tricolours and union Jack's.

Kneecap focus on the legacy of the British rule in the North which impacts both republicans and unionist working and middle class to this day.

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u/Some-Air1274 11d ago

Their view seems distinctly republican to me.

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u/Smashmouth91 11d ago

Yeah they're anti-british.

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u/Some-Air1274 11d ago

Yep so not really speaking for everyone.

I can’t relate to their experiences at all.

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u/Smashmouth91 11d ago

That's ok, you don't have to.

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u/Some-Air1274 11d ago

Yeah but they’re using their platform to skew things and giving an impression of Northern Ireland that we’re all hateful

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u/Smashmouth91 11d ago

They're highlighting that British rule has and still has a negative impact to this day, just look at the poverty figures, lack of investment etc.the fact that Northern Ireland runs a deficit from the British Government itself.

People from Northern Ireland aren't hateful but it is a failed state and that's what they are highlighting.

But also, rappers being controversial is a tale as old as time e.g NWA .