Michael Ignatieff presents Mirror Mirror, Blood and Belonging Full Documentary.

The full episode of Michael Ignatieff's documentary when he entered Northern Ireland and explored the nature of what it is that the Loyalist Community in the North of Ireland holds dear to their hearts. Just a shame for them that we have a difference of opinion on their culture.

[@afgone]

Extremely fascinating documentary of one of the strangest ethnic groups in the west. Thank you for uploading this. I hope it's not taken down.

[@AdamWestish]

Whatever, child groomer clown. Russian much.

[@RobertK1993]

They are Irishmen who wish they where British lol 🤣🇮🇪

[@papadoc711]

According to a dutch historian William of orange actually loathed parades and public festivities, in 1689 when the people welcomed him in England with a celebration many had oranges on top of sticks singing songs and shouting his praise, William instead of going through the crowd chose to find an alternative route around the screaming crowds.

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

papadoc711 Hard to imagine a culture of such rampant sectarianism being widely celebrated here in England, given how much we're known to sympathise with Republicanism.

[@RobertK1993]

King Billy wouldn't piss on Orangemen if they where on fire such a King he was.

[@RobertK1993]

@Johnny Rep Glorious Revolution was pointless constitutional monarchy happened after Cromwell.

[@OscarOSullivan]

King Billy was blessed by the Pope

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@MattanzaMafiaFedora Tommy Doyle Doyle is quite an Irish name.

[@nadeemcyclewala]

Good work

[@RobertK1993]

28:30 Ulster Loyalist is explaining how Irish Roman Catholics feel to Ulster Protestants want the land want you gone could equally be applied.

[@avatar3083]

Do you have any of the other five documentaries by Michael Ignatieff from the series "Blood and Belonging"?

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

Unfortunately not. This is the only one available.

[@neilchristensen6413]

I saw one on Ukraine recently here on KZbin uploaded recently.

[@avatar3083]

@@neilchristensen6413 Is that the one titled "Ukraine Lifting the Yoke"?

[@neilchristensen6413]

@@avatar3083 Yep

[@neilchristensen6413]

@@avatar3083 /watch?v=QkU9kG6Zdy0

[@itierney]

I don’t want to be disrespectful to Ulster Protestants but I think the reason they have held on to such distinct identity was because Ulster Was surrounded by catholics. So both identities reinforced each other. Protestants, being a minority became defined by what it is not. It is Catholic, it is not Irish. But the republic has moved on and is no longer controlled by Catholicism. I hope Ulster Protestants can establish a modern identity that is not simply defined in opposition. People without a future, get stuck in the past.

[@gustavmarie]

Poverty and unemployment currently reinforces that seige mentality among working class unionists, as well as the fact their political representatives, the DUP, have completley failed to help them economically. And Brexit and the Covid lockdown just adds to the anxiety. With few options, people revert to focusing on their identity and just reinforce it more. It's sad. Former IRA volunteer and hunger striker Tommy McKearney has written a lot about the unionist community and one thing he points out that at the start of the Troubles, working class loyalists had real skin in the game in terms of remaining part of the UK and holding on to their share of the post-war economic pie. Then, after decades of fighting, the economic advantages they were fighting to protect were extinguished or sold off. If Irish unification is going to be a reality in our lifetime, this is an issue that has to be dealt with.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

With recent events it becomes more likely they'll join the south.

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@gustavmarie Agreed, it is interesting he called the loyalists nationalists people forget they have nationalism. In fact we are all nationalist in a way.

[@OscarOSullivan]

The problem with calling them Ulster Protestants is are they representative of Protestants from Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan the Ulster counties that are under the Republic’s control

[@RobertK1993]

Ulster Scots Presbyterians actually where involved in Irish Republicanism in it's early stages in 1790s in United Irishmen that the irony.

[@SuperEverton1974]

Where is the boyne? Its in the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

Exactly.

[@OscarOSullivan]

@@MattanzaMafiaFedora It is interesting that an Orangeman would have the surname Doyle which is quite interesting. A great uncle of mine from Dublin fought and died with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the Somme on the first day.

[@RobertK1993]

Yeah Roman Catholic Church should out Marine shrine on the site to annoy the bigoted Oranges

[@RobertK1993]

​@@OscarOSullivanHe family converted for soup or to avoid Penal Laws quite House of Lannister act😂

[@winsomepickett7694]

Ignatieff pronounces "Belfast" with the stress on the second syllable, which is something I've noticed a lot of Americans doing in recent years. What's the deal with that? Most of the residents of Belfast that I've seen interviewed pronounce the name of the city with a stress on the first syllable.

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

He's not American, mate, he's Canadian.

[@winsomepickett7694]

@@MattanzaMafiaFedora You know, I actually knew that, but had forgotten. He almost became prime minister!

[@willfoster2635]

I remember this - it's from 1990.

[@ULYSSES-31]

1993

[@chrisc4693]

what song is the band playing at 34:00

[@mesaaa08]

The Boyne Water

[@RobertK1993]

NI will never be more British than Britain its impossible.

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

Robert Kelly Indeed.

[@davidbatthews3811]

Celtic fans seem to think they are more Irish than the Irish ☘️🤔

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

@@davidbatthews3811 No they don't...

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

@Straight White British Protestant Lol, whatever keeps you warm at night. They're allowed to show their colours, and as far being a "Straight White British Protestant" is concerned, I call that an embarrassment to my country. Being straight and white is just something you're born incidentally, and it means jack shit to me.

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

@Straight White British Protestant Lol, yet another example of the blatant stupidity of you Queen loving bellends. Plenty of Scots are of Irish ancestry, the term Scot refers to a Gaelic tribe, and your colours includes the entire spectrum of your DNA. Are you a Rangers fan by any chance? As an Englishman, let me tell you what I despise. The Empire. The Monarchy. The class system. All the pseudo-Scots pretending they have anything in common with me when we're clearly not anything alike. 😆

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

That guy mistook the Canadian for a yank lol.

[@RobertK1993]

Ulster Scots Presbyterians tend remain ignorant about Republic of Ireland and other countries

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

@@RobertK1993 I thought Ulster protestants were English colonists, not Scottish?

[@shaneryan7622]

@@jean-lucpicard5510 no most were Scottish, not many English

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

@@shaneryan7622 Stands to reason since its just across a small Sealand.

[@shaneryan7622]

@@jean-lucpicard5510 all other times… English colonists tho hahahaha the ulster plantation did serious damage tho to Ireland to this day

[@ffspablo8739]

Boke