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I agree, yes, the orange/green voting IS a massive issue.
But it's not the new normal, if anything people are fed-up with it.And that's where it gets problematic: Instead of people that don't like the orange/green crap starting to vote en-masse to at least stop the Petition of Concerns being abused/balance...they don't vote at all.
And that is a reaction you also see in England (a lot of people don't seem to vote as they feel there's no "perfect" party.) I disagree it's typical for Northern Ireland.
And I see this as well in the Republic of Ireland where people just don't vote, and I don't agree with it, but FF/FG are a pile of shit. It's another case of a 2 party system, and yes, people should vote and get up in arms. But, it's extremely hard to start your own party (I know people that have tried, needs lots of £££) and few are willing to go that far.
On top of that there's lots of nasty dealings we can't stop as voters, like that fuckery with the abortion guidelines. Which now suddenly will be released...but they can be worded in a very restrictive manner and again as voters we are powerless to block this.
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The thing about NI is that after the Good Friday Agreement, the electorate abandoned moderation and flocked en masse to the extremists. It used to be that only raving lunatics on each side voted for the extremist parties (the political wing of the IRA and Rev Ian Paisley's personal anti-Catholic project, lest we forget), now they're the new normal. NI's voters refuse to vote along any other lines than sectarian (read bigoted). Norn Irishers have an amazing capacity for blaming others and not taking responsibility themselves.