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Irish pro-Palestine activists embrace ‘Paddystinian’ term as badge of honour (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

The term was coined to disparage Ireland’s solidarity with Palestine but has been adopted as a badge of honour that now adorns T-shirts, hoodies, pins and social media bios: welcome to Paddystine, home of the Paddystinians.

Irish activists have embraced the neologism as a galvanising term to campaign against Israel’s war in Gaza and to pressure the Irish government to do more to end the conflict.

The belief that it was originally intended as an insult by Israel supporters has fuelled its spread on TikTok and other platforms where Irish people proclaim themselves “Paddystinians” and also, in a repurposing of the old-fashioned female name Biddy, “Biddystinians”.

The inability of Zionists to maintain the narrative as they continue their support of genocide in Palestine would be hilarious were it not for the immeasurable horror.

Good on the proud people of Ireland - you inspire us all.

Thank you for sharing this article, OP.