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princessnijireiki · 5 years

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shout out to me, I made it to episode five of derry girls before I had to google something too irish for my american brain ("orangemen?????" & "what is a punt purse") and honestly that ain't too shabby so I'm happy about it

that said, the orangemen seem weird as shit to me, like knock-off freemason paramilitary loyalist protestants marching against… catholicism?? in full costume… for no reason?? don't get me wrong, inter-denominational beef is already a super weird thing on its own, in any religion imo, but that seems a bit overelaborate, and like a very… odd choice for a tradition to keep alive for 200+ years

good to know there's ugly spiritual dysfunction channeled into dumb petty shit everywhere in the world, I guess, but for as many door to door jesus salesmen, televangelists, megachurches, and bigoted comic books as I've had to deal with here, I can honestly say I've never had to put up with a fucking successfully organized parade complete with a marching band designed to protest my family's* whole religion

#like obviously you get marches FOR bigoted groups & you've got folks like hillsboro protesting people's existence #but they don't usually buy matching outfits or get parade permits #and even for shit like klan rallies & proud boys or who the fuck ever there isn't a fucking band #and those folks are absolutely dangerous but also generally outnumbered & barely organized in anything but name #it's just super ultra weird.#like it's def civil war re-enactor proud to be fighting for the south level weird… but those guys don't have parades afaik!#idfk man i can't wrap my head around it.#derry girls

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