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In the case of the DUP: They always take the Cons money, always did. Even though Carson (your man who was there around the time of the border split when NI was formed) said they played him and betrayed him.
Arlene Foster lost somebody in a bus bombing, I can imagine she's somewhat distrustful. There is a sentiment among some that if a united ireland happens the "terrorists won" and the unionist alphabet groups were just defending areas.
So if anything happens, well, they can always "Blame themmuns"
Now, for the distant observer that is all bullshit. But, that is the gallery she is playing to.
And the border areas are mostly nationalist, some people think this is part of a plan to cause misery there, as most of the attacks will be there, not in the well off unionist areas at the coast, and I doubt the working class areas have much of an appetite for violence.
Sure, plenty of sectarianism still about, but they are also the areas that actually lost people to actual violence... not the posh unionist voters at the coast, Belfast/L/Derry are where the hassle is going to be.
Besides, most of those groups are drug dealers these days, not idealists.
There is a very strong sense of "we don't want this!!!" among the some in older generation, and the younger ones don't care much either way. It'll all depend how "bad" it gets.
And in time things are slowly improving, but then none of us live forever ;)