I don't know much about the DUP that Theresa May is trying to work with. What I was surprised to find, though, is that this article does a great job of misrepresenting the truth.
The Metro is a free newspaper and can be found all over the UK. A lot of people read it, even myself when I've been on public transport.
Links to terrorism
The article claims the DUP has links to terrorism, particularly the Ulster Resistance. The Ulster Resistance, along with the IRA, opposed the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985. Interestingly, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), which the article describes as "relatively harmless", also opposed the Agreement.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour party, also opposed the Agreement. Does that make him a terrorist too? No, because he didn't engage in violent protests.
Sinn Féin also opposed the Agreement... because it would be official that Northern Ireland was part of the UK and not part of the Republic of Ireland.
But the Ulster Resistance opposed the Agreement because it would make it easier for Northern Ireland to be reclaimed by the Republic of Ireland. In other words, the Ulster Resistance was fighting for Northern Ireland to remain part of UK... essentially fighting for the UK's interests.
According to this logic, the protests following the Brexit referendum was also an act of terrorism. Good one, Metro.
Women's Rights
The article says that the DUP is against women's rights and talks of their stance on abortion. It portrays the DUP in a negative light when the reality is that the DUP are simply pro-life. They believe in the rights of the unborn child. The comment would imply that the Metro doesn't believe unborn babies have rights.
Personally, if a woman (or a man) doesn't want to be responsible for a child... don't have sex. Such a simple solution. But no, people want sexual freedom without the responsibility that comes with it.
(Note: Rape victims are in a different category because they didn't consent to sex.)
Same Sex Marriage
Actually, the majority of the world hasn't succumbed to same-sex marriage. Just because David Cameron pushed it through parliament for the rest of the UK, that doesn't mean it's universal. I wonder what the result would have been if Cameron had had a referendum on it?
Accusations of Racism
It is a fallacy to quote an example of one individual and apply it to the whole party.
Creationism
Evolution isn't scientifically proven, and probably never will be (due to the need for millions of years of observation, rather than backward extrapolation of limited data). Unfortunately, scientific and political agendas have pushed evolution as 'fact' and marginalised other explanations of humanity's origin. And when it comes to finding 'proof', philosophical arguments are often discredited by scientists who favour their own theoretical and unproven ideas.
Brexit
The article at least has an unbiased factual statement regarding the DUP's position on Brexit.
On a tangent...
What I also find incredibly interesting is in the 'comments' section of the article. Since the main reason for the article was Theresa May's apparent forgetfulness of all the letters of the LGBT group, one comment reads:
"Can you really blame her? An extra letter seems to get added every other month."
This was actually my thought too. It was only in the last year that I found that some people added a 'Q' on the end. Some people add an 'I' as well, others an 'A'. Many people put a '+' in there too just to try to cover everything. It all boils down to a culture of people taking offence over insignificant things. And the Metro put it as an article so that the public could rally together at such 'offensiveness'.
But there's a reply to the comment which includes (and I've included the bad English for purity of the quote):
"... it ain't forgetting a few letters , those letters represent people she as prime minister has a DUTY to help defend, if she's too much of a dimbulb to even remember the letters then how the hell is she going to remember the opeople those letter represent?"
And that's where I get annoyed.
I am also a person that my government is supposed to have a duty to represent. I am not 'homophobic' (I don't 'hate' LGBTetc. people and I don't have an irrational fear of them), I simply believe that endorsing such activities will ultimately be detrimental to family life and to young people's childhood. I believe that it will pave the way for further 'freedoms' currently considered wrong, such as polygamy and paedophilia.
Adulterous behaviour ruins marriages, families and friendships, and I believe there should be a law against it... yet it is not illegal to commit adultery. Being 'legal' does not make something moral or ethical.
Unfortunately, from reading many articles and comments, I believe I am considered 'intolerant' and 'bigoted' and probably get slapped with 'fundamentalism' and 'extremism' for my views. And who would call me such derogatory and insulting things? The 'tolerant' and 'politically-correct' LGBT group, of course!
The Metro is a free newspaper and can be found all over the UK. A lot of people read it, even myself when I've been on public transport.
Links to terrorism
The article claims the DUP has links to terrorism, particularly the Ulster Resistance. The Ulster Resistance, along with the IRA, opposed the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985. Interestingly, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), which the article describes as "relatively harmless", also opposed the Agreement.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour party, also opposed the Agreement. Does that make him a terrorist too? No, because he didn't engage in violent protests.
Sinn Féin also opposed the Agreement... because it would be official that Northern Ireland was part of the UK and not part of the Republic of Ireland.
But the Ulster Resistance opposed the Agreement because it would make it easier for Northern Ireland to be reclaimed by the Republic of Ireland. In other words, the Ulster Resistance was fighting for Northern Ireland to remain part of UK... essentially fighting for the UK's interests.
According to this logic, the protests following the Brexit referendum was also an act of terrorism. Good one, Metro.
Women's Rights
The article says that the DUP is against women's rights and talks of their stance on abortion. It portrays the DUP in a negative light when the reality is that the DUP are simply pro-life. They believe in the rights of the unborn child. The comment would imply that the Metro doesn't believe unborn babies have rights.
Personally, if a woman (or a man) doesn't want to be responsible for a child... don't have sex. Such a simple solution. But no, people want sexual freedom without the responsibility that comes with it.
(Note: Rape victims are in a different category because they didn't consent to sex.)
Same Sex Marriage
Actually, the majority of the world hasn't succumbed to same-sex marriage. Just because David Cameron pushed it through parliament for the rest of the UK, that doesn't mean it's universal. I wonder what the result would have been if Cameron had had a referendum on it?
Accusations of Racism
It is a fallacy to quote an example of one individual and apply it to the whole party.
Creationism
Evolution isn't scientifically proven, and probably never will be (due to the need for millions of years of observation, rather than backward extrapolation of limited data). Unfortunately, scientific and political agendas have pushed evolution as 'fact' and marginalised other explanations of humanity's origin. And when it comes to finding 'proof', philosophical arguments are often discredited by scientists who favour their own theoretical and unproven ideas.
Brexit
The article at least has an unbiased factual statement regarding the DUP's position on Brexit.
On a tangent...
What I also find incredibly interesting is in the 'comments' section of the article. Since the main reason for the article was Theresa May's apparent forgetfulness of all the letters of the LGBT group, one comment reads:
"Can you really blame her? An extra letter seems to get added every other month."
This was actually my thought too. It was only in the last year that I found that some people added a 'Q' on the end. Some people add an 'I' as well, others an 'A'. Many people put a '+' in there too just to try to cover everything. It all boils down to a culture of people taking offence over insignificant things. And the Metro put it as an article so that the public could rally together at such 'offensiveness'.
But there's a reply to the comment which includes (and I've included the bad English for purity of the quote):
"... it ain't forgetting a few letters , those letters represent people she as prime minister has a DUTY to help defend, if she's too much of a dimbulb to even remember the letters then how the hell is she going to remember the opeople those letter represent?"
And that's where I get annoyed.
I am also a person that my government is supposed to have a duty to represent. I am not 'homophobic' (I don't 'hate' LGBTetc. people and I don't have an irrational fear of them), I simply believe that endorsing such activities will ultimately be detrimental to family life and to young people's childhood. I believe that it will pave the way for further 'freedoms' currently considered wrong, such as polygamy and paedophilia.
Adulterous behaviour ruins marriages, families and friendships, and I believe there should be a law against it... yet it is not illegal to commit adultery. Being 'legal' does not make something moral or ethical.
Unfortunately, from reading many articles and comments, I believe I am considered 'intolerant' and 'bigoted' and probably get slapped with 'fundamentalism' and 'extremism' for my views. And who would call me such derogatory and insulting things? The 'tolerant' and 'politically-correct' LGBT group, of course!
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